Series: Outstanding Personalities of Russia
The obverse: in the centre — the emblem of the Bank of Russia [the two-headed eagle with wings down, under it — the semicircular inscription «БАНК РОССИИ» (BANK OF RUSSIA)] framed by a circle of dots and inscriptions along the rim — on top: «ДВА РУБЛЯ» (TWO RUBLES), below: to the left — indications of the precious metal and its fineness, in the centre — the year of issue «2012 г.» (2012), to the right — the fine metal content and the mint trade mark.
The reverse: to the left on the matted field of the disc — the relief portrait of M.V. Nesterov, to the right of it — the colored image of the portrait of a lady in black in the background of a river, below on the matted picture of a palette — the inscription and dates in two lines: «М. Нестеров 1862-1942» (M. Nesterov 1862-1942).
