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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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| Weight | 16.81 g |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a finely detailed effigy of Saint Euphrosyne of Polotsk in traditional monastic vestments, depicted in a devotional pose against an ornamental background characteristic of Orthodox iconographic tradition. Four synthetic crystals are inlaid into the ornamental surround, adding decorative embellishment to the composition. The peripheral legend ПРЕПОДОБНАЯ ЕВФРОСИНИЯ ПОЛОЦКАЯ arcs along the upper rim, identifying the saint by her ecclesiastical title. |
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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.