Obverse:
an image of the State Emblem of Pridnestrovskaia Moldavskaia Respublika is in the centre with the circular inscriptions in Cyrillic "ПРИДНЕСТРОВСКИЙ РЕСПУБЛИКАНСКИЙ БАНК" (Pridnestrovskii Respublikanskii Bank) around the image along the edging and the indication of the face value of the coin "3 РУБЛЯ" (3 RUBLES) at the bottom. The issue year “2009 “ is under the image.