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 there is a relief portrait of Vladimir Vysotsky with a guitar, on the left - a relief image of the sword, in the background - the images of two horses made in the technique of laser matting, there is an inscription along the rim: "VLADIMIR VYSOTSKY", on the right there are two lines: " 1938 "and" 1980 ".