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1 Rouble Francisk Skorina's Way. Vilnius
| Issuer | National Bank of the Republic of Belarus |
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| Year | 2017 |
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| Obverse description | The State Emblem of the Republic of Belarus appears in high relief at the top of the obverse, accompanied by the legend РЭСПУБЛIКА БЕЛАРУСЬ arcing below it. The central field bears a quotation in Cyrillic from the epilogue to the Horologion, drawn from the Small Travel Book published by Francysk Skaryna, flanked on either side by reproduced illustrative fragments from that same publication. A decorative ornamental element derived from the Small Travel Book is positioned beneath the central text, while the year of issue appears in the left field and the denomination 1 РУБЕЛЬ is inscribed at the bottom. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse features a central composition depicting the Virgin and Child, reproduced in the style of a woodcut illustration from Skaryna's Small Travel Book, set against a panoramic view of the city of Vilna rendered after antique engravings of the sixteenth century as recorded in Georg Braun's Atlas. Decorative border elements derived from the Small Travel Book flank the central scene to the left and right. The inscription ШЛЯХ СКАРЫНЫ curves along the upper periphery within a circular legend, while the toponym Вільня is inscribed at the base of the design. |
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Francisk Skorina printed the first book in the Belarusian language in Vilnius in 1522 — a remarkable act for a man who had already produced the first printed Bible in the East Slavic world in Prague a decade earlier. This coin is one entry in a broader series tracing Skorina's geographic and intellectual journey, with individual issues tied to specific cities where he lived and worked. Vilnius, where he spent his final productive years as court physician to the Bishop of Vilnius, was also where his printing legacy effectively ended.