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1 Rouble Middle Reaches of the Prypyat River
| Issuer | National Bank of the Republic of Belarus |
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| Year | 2010 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | The field is decorated with a traditional Belarusian ornamental pattern. At the top, the State Coat of Arms of the Republic of Belarus appears in relief, accompanied by the legend РЭСПУБЛІКА БЕЛАРУСЬ (Republic of Belarus) arcing above. The center bears a detailed relief depiction of Salvinia natans (floating fern), with the inscription САЛЬВІНІЯ ПЛЫВУЧАЯ identifying the species in the lower left. The denomination 1 РУБЕЛЬ is inscribed along the lower portion of the field, with the year of issue 2010 positioned to the right. |
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| Reverse description | The center of the reverse presents a relief image of a European pond turtle (bog turtle) set against a naturalistic landscape depicting a lake and its reed-lined bank. At the top, a traditional Belarusian ornamental motif symbolizing life forms a decorative border element. The inscription БАЛОТНАЯ ЧАРАПАХА (Bog Turtle) is engraved along the lower portion of the field, identifying the featured species. |
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Part of Belarus's long-running regional rivers series, this rouble was issued during a period when the National Bank was aggressively expanding its collector coinage program — producing hundreds of thematic copper-nickel issues that flooded the specialty market in the 2000s and early 2010s. The Prypyat is arguably the most geopolitically loaded river in the former Soviet space: its middle reaches flow within roughly 15 kilometers of the Chernobyl exclusion zone, and its drainage basin carried contaminated sediment across the Belarus-Ukraine border following the 1986 reactor disaster.
The river remains subject to ongoing radiological monitoring by Belarusian environmental authorities.