Depicts the inscriptions along the circumference BANK OF RUSSIA at the top and date at the bottom. There are images of branches of the bay tree and oak tree on the left and on the right of the outer ring, respectively, their elements extending onto the disc. The number ‘10’ and the inscription RUBLES below denoting the face value of the coin are in the centre of the disc. The digit ‘0’ features a security element inside in the form of the figure ‘10’ and the inscription RUB visible at various viewing angles to the coin surface. The Moscow Mint trademark is at the bottom of the disc.

Depicts the emblem of the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation, along the rim the inscription THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION.

The Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation oversees scientific institutions, education and school accreditation in the Russian Federation. The ministry oversees the Institute of Higher Education Of Russia, the State educational establishment ("training centre of training leaders"), Center of the testing, National Information Center on Academic Recognition and Mobility.

Artists: A. V. Baklanov, E. V. Kramskaya
Sculptor: V. N. Pitev

300 corrugations and the inscription ДЕСЯТЬ РУБЛЕЙ (TEN RUBLES) recurring twice and divided by asterisks