20 Roubles (Legend of the Tortoise) Coin

20 Roubles (Legend of the Tortoise)

Country: Belarus
Denomination: 20 Roubles (20 BYB)
Year: 2010
Material: Silver (.925)
Weight: 33.62 g
Shape: Round
Diameter: 38.61 mm
Type: Non circulating coin
Catalog list: belarus

Description:

Obverse

At the top – the relief image of the State Coat of Arms of the Republic of Belarus; in the center – the stylized silhouetted images of tortoises and women – the characters of Belarusian folk legends – and Belarusian ornamental patterns against a spinning wheel symbolizing perpetual motion where the wheel’s pattern is changing into the structure of tree rings; at the bottom – the year of issue and the alloy standard; and circumferential inscriptions: at the top – РЭСПУБЛІКА БЕЛАРУСЬ (THE REPUBLIC OF BELARUS), at the bottom – 20 РУБЛЁЎ (20 RUBLES).

Reverse

The stylized image of a tortoise along with mythological characters and symbols of Belarusian legends; in the upper left-hand part – a circumferential inscription: ЛЕГЕНДА ПРА ЧАРАПАХУ (THE LEGEND OF THE TORTOISE).

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