Russia 2 Roubles 2008 - Violinist D.F. Oistrakh - the 100th Anniversary of the Birthday - Silver / Proof

David Fyodorovich Oistrakh (b. 30 September 1908; d. 24 October 1974) – the outstanding violinist, one of the creators of the home violin school, laureate of many international violin competitions, honored member of foreign musician academies. D.F. Oistrakh was the fi rst interpreter of violin concerts and sonatas devoted to him by D.D. Shostakovich, S.S. Prokofyev, A.I. Khachaturyan, N.Ya. Myaskovsky and others. 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 "2008 г." (2008), to the right - the fine metal content and the mint trade mark.