Commemorative Coins "The Belarusian Railroad. The 150th Anniversary"
Put into circulation on 19 November 2012
Design: S. Zaskevitch (Belarus)Minted by: RSE "The Kazakhstan Mint of NB RK", Ust–Kamenogorsk, Kazakhstan
The coins are round in shape with a raised rim on the obverse and the reverse. The coins’ edge is reeded.
Obverse
at the top — the relief image of the State Coat of Arms of the Republic of Belarus and the circumferential inscription: РЭСПУБЛIКА БЕЛАРУСЬ (THE REPUBLIC OF BELARUS); in the centre — the picture of a modern class ЭП electric train against the railway terminal at Minsk Passenger Station; on the right side — the year of issue; at the bottom — the denomination: 10 РУБЛЁЎ (10 RUBLES) and the alloy standard on the silver coin and 1 РУБЕЛЬ (1 RUBLE) on the copper-nickel one.
Reverse
in the centre — the representation of a goods and passenger class Г steam engine on the rails (which was produced in England from 1860 to 1865 for the St Petersburg-Warsaw Railroad) against the terminal building at Grodno Station which has been built in the early 1860s. There’s an inscription above the train: 150 ГАДОЎ (THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY); and at the top — the circumferential inscription: БЕЛАРУСКАЯ ЧЫГУНКА (THE BELARUSIAN RAILROAD).