Russia 50 Roubles1993Y#332

a Caucasian heathcock with grass in the background, the inscriptions along the rim separated by two dots: at the top - "КРАСНАЯ КНИГА" (THE RED DATA BOOK), at the bottom - "КАВКАЗСКИЙ ТЕТЕРЕВ" (CAUCASIAN GROUSE). + in the center - the emblem of the Bank of Russia (the two-headed eagle designed by artist I. Bilibin), under it to the right - the mint trademark. The inscriptions along the rim: at the top — «ПЯТЬДЕСЯТ РУБЛЕЙ 1993 г.» (FIFTY RUBLES 1993), at the bottom — "БАНК РОССИИ" (BANK OF RUSSIA). + The Caucasian grouse represents one of the two heathcock families nesting in the territory of the former Soviet Union. Aparat from Caucasus it inhabits mountins of the north-eastern Turkey and northern Iran. + The artist: A.V. Baklanov The sculptor: A.A. Dolgopolova Leningrad Mint (ЛМД) The edge: broken serration with a 3-mm step