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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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