Presented by
National Bank of the Republic of Belarus
Nominal value
20 Belorussian roubles
Production quality
Вrilliant-uncirculated, hologram
Designer
D. Suraevska (Poland), Svetlana Nekrasova (Belarus)
Description of obverse and reverse
Obverse: On the top there is a relief image of the coat of arms of the Republic of Belarus and the inscription along the circumference: “РЭСПУБЛІКА БЕЛАРУСЬ” (Republic of Belarus); in the centre against the marine navigation map – a stylized image of the Wind Rose with a hologram; at the bottom – a face value “20 РУБЛЁЎ” (20 RUBLES), at the left from it – the year of issue, at the right – the coin’s alloy and the mintmark of the Mint of Poland.
Reverse: In the centre – the image of one of the world’s oldest sailing ships “Constitution” (Конституция) against the coastline of a seascape, at the left – a smaller image of the ship (side view) under which there is an inscription in the original mark: “CONSTITUTION”.
A brief annotation
On the coin’s obverse there is the Wind Rose depicted against the fragments of old maps – mysterious and unknown place calling in search for adventures. Te image of the Wind Rose made with a hologram is inspired by illustrations from old books.
On the coin’s reverse there is an image of the large and beautiful ship sailing at full sail. Te ship is depicted against the panorama of its port – Boston (USA).