Commemorative coins "European Bison"
Put into circulation on 28 December 2012
Design: S.Zaskevich (Belarus)Minted by: B.H. Mayer’s Kunstprägeanstalt GmbH, Karlsfeld, Germany
The coins are round in shape with a raised rim on the obverse and the reverse. The coins’ edge is grained.
Obverse
in the center, within a circular geometric ornamental pattern, – the relief image of the State Coat of Arms of the Republic of Belarus with the year of issue beneath it and the alloy standard to the left of it; and circumferential inscriptions: at the top – РЭСПУБЛIКА БЕЛАРУСЬ (THE REPUBLIC OF BELARUS) and at the bottom – the denomination: 50 РУБЛЁЎ (50 RUBLES) on the gold coin and 20 РУБЛЁЎ (20 RUBLES) on the silver one.
Reverse
in the center — the relief image of the European bison with its eyes inlaid with two diamonds (on the gold coin) or two synthetic crystals (on the silver one); and at the bottom on the right-hand side —circumferential inscription: ЗУБР ∙ BISON BONASUS (EUROPEAN BISON ∙ BISON BONASUS).