Center: Bank of Russia emblem (Bilibin's double-headed eagle). Below left: metal and fineness. Center: mint mark. Right: fine metal content. Inscriptions along dotted rim: top - "25 roubles 1994", bottom - "BANK OF RUSSIA".
The sloop "Mirny" with a portrait of M.P. Lazarev and an Antarctic map, encircled by the inscriptions: "ПЕРВАЯ РУССКАЯ АНТАРКТИЧЕСКАЯ ЭКСПЕДИЦИЯ 1819-1821" and "ШЛЮП "МИРНЫЙ" М.П. ЛАЗАРЕВ".
Inscription:
"ПЕРВАЯ РУССКАЯ АНТАРКТИЧЕСКАЯ ЭКСПЕДИЦИЯ 1819 -1821"