20 Roubles (Struve Geodetic Arc) Coin

20 Roubles (Struve Geodetic Arc)

Country: Belarus
Denomination: 20 Roubles (20 BYB)
Year: 2006
Material: Silver (.925)
Weight: 33.62 g
Shape: Square (36 x 36 mm; 4-sided; rounded edges)
Diameter:
Type: Non circulating coin
Catalog list: belarus

Description:

Obverse

At the top from the left side – the relief of the State Coat of Arms of the Republic of Belarus and inscription "РЭСПУБЛIКА БЕЛАРУСЬ" (REPUBLIC OF BELARUS); in the center – the planimetric plotting of Byelorussia and the circuit of points of The Struve Geodetic arc in its territory, beneath: year of issue, alloy standard, at the bottom – face value "20 РУБЛЁЎ" (20 ROUBLES).

Reverse

At the left – the relief image of a map of Europe on which passes The Struve Geodetic arc, on the right the image of a map of the world, under it an inscription: The Struve Geodetic arc and its extent – 2880 km, on perimeter of a coin are given names of the countries through which The Struve Geodetic arc passes: NORWAY, SWEDEN, FINLAND, ESTONIA, LATVIA, LITHUANIA, THE UKRAINE, MOLDOVA.

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