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100 Roubles Capricorn
| Issuer | National Bank of the Republic of Belarus |
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| Year | 2011 |
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| Weight | 15.5 g |
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| Obverse script | Latin/Cyrillic |
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| Reverse description | The reverse features a boldly stylized, high-relief depiction of a Capricorn — rendered as a horned goat with finely detailed scaled fleece — standing centrally within a broad circular ornamental border composed of geometric and foliate medallions. The border medallions alternate in design, framing the central figure in a decorative roundel reminiscent of medieval manuscript illumination. The field surrounding the animal is smooth and polished, providing strong contrast with the intricately textured figure. No legends or inscriptions appear on the reverse. |
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Part of Belarus's ongoing zodiac bullion series, this issue was produced at a point when the Belarusian rouble was in freefall — the National Bank devalued the currency by roughly 56% in May 2011, and a second devaluation followed in September of the same year. Precious metal commemoratives issued that year functioned almost entirely as export products and foreign-currency earners rather than domestic collectibles.
The .900 fineness places it in an older continental tradition rather than the .9999 standard increasingly adopted by modern bullion programs.