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 - "3 РУБЛЯ", year - "2018", metal designation according to the Periodic System 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 image of the Barnaul Gate of the Kuznetsk Fortress of Novokuznetsk, against the backdrop of the Mayakovsky Square panorama with the monument to the poet, there are inscriptions: at the top along the circumference - "Novokuznetsk", in the center - "Osn. in 1618. "