Russia 3 Roubles 2003 - Proof / Silver -World Biathlon Championship - 2003, Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia

The participants of the 1st Kamchatka Expedition (1725 - 1730) headed by navigator Vitus Bering sailed by "Saint Gabriel" sailing boat along the Kamchatka and Chukotka shores and reached the Arctic Sea via a strait dividing Asia and America, which was named later on after Bering. Vast geographical studies and for those days extremely precise cartographic works as well as investigations of life and manners of aborigines had been carried out during this expedition. + the picture of Kamchatka aborigines preparing fish, to the left and to the right from them - the dates on a ribbon "1725" "1730", in the background - a sailing ship, to the right - a fisherman in the boat, on the horizon - outlines of mountains, clouds. The inscription along the rim - "1ая КАМЧАТСКАЯ ЭКСПЕДИЦИЯ" (THE 1st KAMCHATKA EXPEDITION). + in the centre - the Emblem of the Bank of Russia [the two-headed eagle with wings down, lower - the semicircular inscription - "БАНК РОССИИ" (BANK OF RUSSIA)] framed by a circle of dots and inscriptions along the rim: at the top - "ТРИ РУБЛЯ" (THREE RUBLES), at the bottom - the year of issue "2003", the letters to the left indicate the metal sign and the fineness, to the right - the fine metal content and the mint trade mark. + The artist: A.V.Baklanov. The sculptor: A.V.Baklanov. St. Petersburg Mint (СПМД). The edge: 300 corrugations.