Center: Bank of Russia emblem (Bilibin's two-headed eagle), with metal details below. Inscriptions along the rim: "3 РУБЛЯ 1995 г." above, "БАНК РОССИИ" below, within a dotted circle.
Left: portraits of explorers Malygin, Ovtsyn, Chelyuskin, and the Laptevs. Center: a wooden coast-dweller vessel and a dog sled. Below: a map of the Siberian coast and the dates "1733-1743". Rim inscriptions: "EXPLORATION OF RUSSIAN ARCTIC" and "THE GREAT NORTHERN EXPEDITION".