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10 Roubles St. Euphrosyne of Polotsk
| Issuer | National Bank of the Republic of Belarus |
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| Year | 2008 |
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| Value | 10 Roubles (10 BYR) |
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| Obverse description | The State Coat of Arms of the Republic of Belarus appears in high relief at the top of the field, encircled by the legend РЭСПУБЛIКА БЕЛАРУСЬ along the upper periphery. The central field bears a circular inscription of the series name ПРАВОСЛАВНЫЕ СВЯТЫЕ, beneath which a detailed depiction of the restored Saviour's Transfiguration Church in Polotsk is rendered against a decorative ornamental background. The denomination 10 РУБЛЁЎ is inscribed to the left of the central design, while the year of issue 2008, the alloy standard Ag 925, and the Mint of Poland mintmark MW appear to the right. |
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| Mintage | 2008 MW - BUNC - 1,500 2008 MW - Proof; Set of Silver Coins `The Orthodox Saints` - 28,500 |
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Euphrosyne of Polotsk — born Predslava, a Polotskian princess who renounced her dynastic inheritance in the 12th century to become a nun and later founded two monasteries near Polotsk — was canonized by the Russian Orthodox Church and remains the most venerated Belarusian saint. This coin is part of Belarus's long-running Orthodox Saints series, which the National Bank launched in the 1990s as both a commemorative program and a deliberate cultural project asserting a distinctly Belarusian ecclesiastical identity separate from Moscow's.
The four inset synthetic crystals are a production detail worth noting: their inclusion required a secondary manufacturing step after striking, and quality control on early issues in this series was inconsistent enough that loose or misaligned stones are not uncommon in the secondary market.