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10 Roubles Azure Tit
| Issuer | National Bank of the Republic of Belarus |
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| Year | 2022 |
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| Technique | Proof |
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| Obverse lettering | РЭСПУБЛІКА БЕЛАРУСЬ Ag 925 2022 10 РУБЛЁЎ (Translation: Republic of Belarus Ag 925 2022 10 Roubles) |
| Reverse description | Central design features a finely detailed, naturalistic depiction of an Azure Tit (Белая Сініца) in three-quarter profile, rendered with delicate engraving highlighting the bird's distinctive plumage, set against a mirror-polished oval field that serves as a contrasting background. The bird faces left and is positioned prominently in the center of the composition. The Cyrillic legend 'ПТУШКА ГОДА' arcs along the upper right periphery, while 'БЕЛАЯ СІНІЦА' arcs along the lower left, both separated by decorative star ornaments. The overall design exemplifies the high-relief, naturalistic style characteristic of Belarusian commemorative wildlife issues. |
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Belarus has issued commemorative wildlife coins in silver under its ongoing nature series for decades, but the Azure Tit — Cyanistes cyanus — is a genuinely uncommon subject even by the standards of that program, being a species whose Belarusian population sits at the western edge of a range extending deep into Siberia. The National Bank has drawn on ornithological subjects repeatedly since the 1990s, partly as a soft-power exercise in projecting environmental stewardship during periods of acute international isolation.
KM#740 was issued in 2022, the same year Western sanctions against Belarus intensified following the country's role in Russia's invasion of Ukraine — making this among the last issues the National Bank could distribute through conventional international numismatic channels.