On the front side of the coins there is a relief image of the State Emblem of the Russian Federation, there are inscriptions: "RUSSIAN FEDERATION", "BANK OF RUSSIA", denomination of coins - "2 РУБЛЯ" and date - "2018", metal designation according to the Periodic Table of Elements of DI . Mendeleyev, a sample of the alloy, the trademark of the St. Petersburg Mint and the mass of the precious metal in its purity.
On the reverse side of the coin - "Writer Maxim Gorky, on the 150th anniversary of his birth (28.03.1868)" relief images: portrait of Maxim Gorky and under it - petrel; below there are: dates in two lines "1868-1936" and the facsimile signature of M. Gorky.