In the center of the disc indication of the denomination of the coin: 10 RUBLES, inside of the figure 0 hidden pictures of the number 10 and of the inscription RUB visible by turns on changing angle of vision, in the lower part of the disc the mint trade mark MMD, on the ring along the rim above the inscription: BANK OF RUSSIA, below the year of issue 2018, to the left and to the right stylized twigs of plants going over to the disc.

The coat of arms of the Kostroma Oblast, the inscriptions along the rim divided by two dots: above RUSSIAN FEDERATION, below KOSTROMA OBLAST.

Kostroma Oblast is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Kostroma. It was formed in 1944 on the territory detached from neighboring Yaroslavl Oblast.

Textile industries have been developed there since the early 18th century. Its major historic towns include Kostroma, Sharya, Nerekhta, Galich, Soligalich, and Makaryev.

The coat of arms depicts a shield with galley (a ship that is propelled mainly by rowing) decorated by an eagle head фтв hoisting the imperial flag. The shield is crowned with the Imperial Crown of Russia. The supporters are griffins. A ribbon of the Order of Lenin is below.

Artist: A. D. Schablykin
Sculptor: A. N. Bessonov

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