1 Rouble Kupalle

Kupalle is the Belarusian name for the midsummer festival derived from pre-Christian Slavic tradition, celebrated on the night of Ivan Kupala — roughly the summer solstice — with bonfires, river bathing, and the folk belief that ferns bloom only once a year on that night. Belarus issued a series of commemorative roubles in the early 2000s documenting national folk holidays, of which this is one. The oxidized finish was deliberately chosen across the series to evoke antique craft metalwork rather than the appearance of a circulation piece.