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1 Rouble Christening
| Issuer | National Bank of the Republic of Belarus |
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| Year | 2009 |
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| Value | 1 Rouble (1 BYR) |
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| Reverse description | The central field depicts an infant in traditional baptismal garments held above a baptismal font, set against a decorative ornamental background. A cross rendered in pad-printing technique is worn over the infant's shirt. At the upper portion of the field, two angels flank a descending dove, evoking the spiritual symbolism of the Christian baptismal rite. The inscription ХРЭСЬБIНЫ, meaning 'The Christening' in Belarusian, appears in Cyrillic characters beneath the central composition. |
| Reverse script | Cyrillic |
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Belarus issued a series of commemorative copper-nickel roubles in the 2000s tied to Orthodox Christian life-cycle events — christening, wedding, baptism — partly as a cultural reassertion following decades of Soviet suppression of religious practice. The National Bank leaned heavily into this format during that period, producing themed collector pieces at a pace that ultimately diluted secondary-market values across the entire run.