Living in music (24.04.2024)

On 24 April 2024, the Bank of Russia issues a 2-ruble silver commemorative coin ‘Pianist and Teacher Elena Gnesina, Timed to the 150^th Anniversary of her Birth’ of the Outstanding Personalities of Russia series (Catalogue No. 5110-0183).

Elena Gnesina — an outstanding pianist and teacher. In 1895, she, together with her sisters, established a music school in Moscow. Over the 72 years of her management, the school gave rise to a network of educational institutions. Gnesinka is a symbol of brilliant music education and is well-known to everyone who has engaged or is going to engage in music.

The 2-ruble silver coin (fine metal content 15.55 g, fineness 925/1,000) has a round shape and is 33.0 mm in diameter.

The obverse and the reverse of the coin have a relief rim around the circumference.

The obverse of the coin features a relief image of the National Coat of Arms of the Russian Federation and the inscriptions ‘?????????? ?????????’ (RUSSIAN FEDERATION) and ‘???? ??????’ (BANK OF RUSSIA), the denomination of the coin ‘2 ?????’ (2 RUBLES), the year of issue ‘2024 ?.’ (2024), the chemical symbol of the metal according to Mendeleev’s Periodic Table of Elements, fineness, the Saint Petersburg Mint trademark, and fine metal content.

The reverse of the coin features a relief image of Elena Gnesina’s portrait against the background of the silhouette of a grand piano framed with matte elements and a relief contour, images of the building of the Gnesin Russian Academy of Music and a musical staff with the pianist’s musical autograph, laser treated for matte finishing, the relief inscription around the lower circumference ‘?.?. ???????’ (ELENA GNESINA), and the years of her birth and death ‘1874’ and ‘1967’ in two lines in the left part.

The edge of the coin is corrugated.

The coin is minted in proof quality.

The mintage of the coin is 3.0 thousand pcs.

The new coin is legal tender of the Russian Federation and is mandatory for acceptance for all kinds of payments without any restrictions at its face value.