Belarus issued a twelve-coin zodiac series beginning in 2009, with each sign struck in oxidized copper-nickel to produce the darkened finish that became the series' signature. The National Bank has leaned heavily on collector-themed commemoratives since the early 2000s as a revenue stream, a practice common among smaller post-Soviet states with limited hard currency reserves.
Belarus issued a twelve-coin zodiac series beginning in 2009, with each sign struck in oxidized copper-nickel to produce the darkened finish that became the series' signature. The National Bank has leaned heavily on collector-themed commemoratives since the early 2000s as a revenue stream, a practice common among smaller post-Soviet states with limited hard currency reserves.
KM#545 is the Scorpio entry, struck in 2015.