The coin is round in shape with a raised rim on the obverse and the reverse. The coin’s edge is party-milled.
The obverse: in the center of the disc - the indication of the face value of the coin "10 РУБЛЕЙ" (10 RUBLES). Inside of the figure "0" - hidden pictures of the figure "10" and of the inscription "РУБ" (RUB) visible by turns on changing angle of vision. Along the rim - circular inscriptions, on top: "БАНК РОССИИ" (BANK OF RUSSIA), on bottom - the date: "2013", to the left - the stylized image of an olive branch, to the right - of the oak one.
The reverse: on the matted field of the disc - the relief image of the monument "To the Fighters to the Bitter End" on the Mamay Mound in the city of Volgograd, on the strip along the rim - the circular inscription going from the left below up to the right: "70-ЛЕТИЕ РАЗГРОМА СОВЕТСКИМИ ВОЙСКАМИ НЕМЕЦКО-ФАШИСТСКИХ ВОЙСК В СТАЛИНГРАДСКОЙ БИТВЕ" (THE 70TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CRUSHING DEFEAT OF THE GERMAN-FASCIST TROOPS BY THE SOVIET TROOPS IN THE BATTLE OF STALINGRAD) divided below by an asterisk.
The edge: 6 sections with 5 corrugations and 6 sections with 7 corrugations alternated with 12 smooth sections.