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• Commemorative coins "The Legend of the Bear"

Commemorative coins "The Legend of the Bear"

• Silver, Alloy standard of silver: 925
• Denomination: 20 rubles
• Weight of coin, g: 33.62
• Fine silver content, g: 31.1
• Quality: "proof"
• Diameter, mm: 38.61
• Mintage, pcs.: 2,000

Sale prices:

• without box – 69 rubles 00 copecks

out of stock

• Copper–nickel
• Denomination: 1 ruble
• Weight of coin, g: 15.5
• Quality: "proof–like"
• Diameter, mm: 33
• Mintage, pcs.: 2,000

Sale prices:

• without box – 6 rubles 33 copecks

out of stock

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; in the center – the stylized silhouettes of a bear and images of men – the characters of Belarusian folk legends – and Belarusian plaited patterns against the background of 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 on the silver coin); and circumferential inscriptions: at the top – РЭСПУБЛІКА БЕЛАРУСЬ (THE REPUBLIC OF BELARUS) and at the bottom – the denomination: 20 РУБЛЁЎ (20 RUBLES) on the silver coin and 1 РУБЕЛЬ (1 RUBLE) on the copper-nickel one.

Reverse

in the center – the stylized image of a bear accompanied by mythological characters and symbols of Belarusian legends; and at the bottom – a circumferential inscription: ЛЕГЕНДА ПРА МЯДЗВЕДЗЯ (THE LEGEND OF THE BEAR).