Alloy: ring/disk
Copper, Zinc/Copper, Nickel
Fine metal content not less than, g
Obverse
the two-headed eagle (designed by I.Bilibin), the inscriptions
along the rim framed by an ornament: at the top — «50 РУБЛЕЙ 1994 г.»
(50 RUBLES 1994), at the bottom — «БАНК РОССИИ» (BANK OF RUSSIA).
Reverse
the relief picture of a Aurochs against the background of plants,
the inscriptions along the rim separated by two dots: at the top -
"КРАСНАЯ КНИГА" (RED DATA BOOK), at the bottom - "ЗУБР" (AUROCHS).
Authors
The artist: A.V. Baklanov
The sculptors: A.A. Dolgopolova, A.V. Baklanov
Leningrad Mint (ЛМД)
The edge: 252 corrugations
The aurochs destroyed everywhere in Europe had been preserved in
some Zoos by the beginning of thirties of tnis century. To recreate the
total number of wild aurochs the nurseries in the Prioksko-Terassny and
Oksky Preserves were set up.