Commemorative Coins "Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos of Minsk"
Put into circulation on: silver, 20 rubles - 27 December 2010 ; gold, 50 rubles - 19 December 2013 ; gold, 1,000 rubles - 19 December 2013 ; silver, 500 rubles - 19 December 2013
Design: S.Zaskevich (Belarus)Minted by: B.H. Mayer’s Kunstprägeanstalt GmbH, Karlsfeld, Germany
- Silver, Alloy standard of silver: 925, Alloy standard of gold: 999
- Denomination: 20 rubles
- Weight of coin, g: 31.1
- Fine silver content, g: 28.77, gold – 0.002)
- Quality: "proof", The coin is rectangular in shape. The dimensions: 30.0 х 45.0 mm. Gold-plated elements are used.
- Mintage, pcs.: up to 7,000
- Silver Coin "The Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos of Minsk"
Silver Coin "The Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos of Minsk"
The coins are rectangular in shape with a raised rim on the obverse and the reverse. The coin’s edge is reeded.
Obverse
in the centre — the ornamental pattern in the form of the grapevine symbolizing the Theotokos with the representation of the cross therein which was erected in the territory of Zaslavl’s stronghold to commemorate the thousandth anniversary of the Orthodox Church in Belarus and the alloy standard; at the top — the relief image of the State Coat of Arms of the Republic of Belarus and the inscription in two lines: РЭСПУБЛİКА БЕЛАРУСЬ (THE REPUBLIC OF BELARUS); and at the bottom — the denominations: 20, 50, 500 and 1000 РУБЛЁЎ (20, 50, 500 and 1,000 RUBLES) and the year of issue to the right of the denomination.
Reverse
in the centre — the image of the Most Holy Theotokos of Minsk (on silver coins with denominations of 20 and 500 rubles the representations of the Theotokos’s and Jesus Christ’s halos, the star on the Theotokos’s cloths, and the ornamental pattern are gold-plated); and at the bottom — an inscription: МІНСКАЯ (OF MINSK).