Name: Gagarin Yu.A. 40th Anniversary of the Space Flight
Issue Quality: UNC
Metal: Cupronickel (copper-nickel)
Designation: Cu-Ni
Denomination: 2 rubles
Monetary Unit: Ruble
Mint Mark: SPMD
Type (Strike): Commemorative
Year of Issue: 2001
Sculptor: A.A. Dolgopolova, A.V. Baklanov.
Artist: A.V. Baklanov.
CBR Code: 5010-0008
Diameter: 23 mm
Reverse Portrait of Yu.A. Gagarin, below it — a facsimile signature 'GAGARIN', on the right in two lines — text: 12 APRIL 1961.
Obverse In the center, slightly shifted left and up, the digit '2' denoting the coin's denomination, below it the word 'RUBLES', and under it the words BANK OF RUSSIA, further below the year of minting '2001', in the lower part of the field, left and right, scrolls of a flowering plant.