Dedicated to Dr Vishnevsky – surgeon and innovator (05.07.2024)

On 5 July 2024, the Bank of Russia issues a two-ruble silver commemorative coin ‘Surgeon Alexander Vishnevsky, Timed to the 150^th Anniversary of his Birth’ of the Outstanding Personalities of Russia series (Catalogue No. 5110-0184).

Alexander Vishnevsky was a pioneer of domestic neurosurgery and an author of over a hundred of inventions. The new anaesthesia and septic wound treatment methods he developed saved hundreds of thousands of wounded people during the Great Patriotic War. Vishnevsky invented a famous liniment that is used until now.

The two-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 images of a portrait of Alexander Vishnevsky, sitting at the table with surgical instruments, and the Bowl of Hygieia, the inscriptions on the left around the circumference „?. ?. ??????????” (A. V. VISHNEVSKY), and the years of his birth and death ‘1874’ and ‘1948’ in two lines below. All the design elements are cast in relief.

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.