Commemorative coins "Candlemas. The EurAsEC Nations' Customs and Rites"
Put into circulation on 29 December 2010
Design: S.Zaskevich (Belarus)Minted by: FSUE "Goznak" St Petersburg, Russia
The coins are round in shape with a raised rim on the obverse and the reverse. The coins’ edge is grained.
Obverse
at the top — the relief image of the State Coat of Arms of the Republic of Belarus (in the middle) with an inscription: РЭСПУБЛІКА БЕЛАРУСЬ (THE REPUBLIC OF BELARUS) above it; in the center — the representation of the EurAsEC logo framed by the ornamental pattern symbolizing the Candlemas taper; and at the bottom — the denomination: ДВАЦЦАЦЬ РУБЛЁЎ (TWENTY RUBLES) on the silver coin and АДЗIН РУБЕЛЬ (ONE RUBLE) on the copper-nickel one, to the right of the logo — the year of issue and to the left — the alloy standard on the silver coin.
Reverse
in the center — the relief image of a bird flying over the fields covered in snow (on the silver coin the bird is gold-plated), a symbol of the meeting between winter and summer.