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1 Rouble Struve Geodetic Arc

Issuer National Bank of the Republic of Belarus
Year 2006
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Obverse description The State Coat of Arms of the Republic of Belarus appears in relief at the upper left, accompanied by the legend РЭСПУБЛІКА БЕЛАРУСЬ (Republic of Belarus) arcing along the upper margin. The central field features a planimetric map of Belarus with the triangulation points of the Struve Geodetic Arc marked along its course through the country. The year of issue appears below the central motif, and the denomination 1 РУБЕЛЬ (1 Rouble) is inscribed along the lower margin.
Obverse script Cyrillic
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Reverse description The left portion of the reverse depicts a relief map of Europe with the full course of the Struve Geodetic Arc traced along its route from Norway to the Black Sea. To the right, an image of a world map contextualises the arc's global significance, with an inscription below identifying the Struve Geodetic Arc and its total extent of 2,880 km. Along the perimeter of the square coin, the names of the ten countries through which the arc passes are inscribed in Cyrillic: Norway, Sweden, Finland, Russia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Belarus, Ukraine, and Moldova.
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