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20 Rouble International Polar Year
| Issuer | National Bank of the Republic of Belarus |
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| Year | 2007 |
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| Value | 20 Roubles (20 BYR) |
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| Reverse description | The central field features a stylized map of Antarctica in relief, against which two penguins are depicted with polychrome enamel applied in black, white, and orange. A circumferential inscription МІЖНАРОДНЫ ПАЛЯРНЫ ГОД arcs along the left periphery, while the geographical coordinates marking the station of Belarusian Antarctic explorers are inscribed along the right. A wind rose device occupies the lower portion of the field. |
| Reverse script | Cyrillic |
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Belarus issued this coin as part of its commitment to the International Polar Year 2007–2008, a coordinated global scientific program involving over 60 nations and roughly 50,000 researchers studying the Arctic and Antarctic. IPY 2007–2008 was itself the fourth such international effort, following predecessors in 1882–83, 1932–33, and the International Geophysical Year of 1957–58 — the last of which directly precipitated the Space Race by prompting both the US and USSR to announce satellite launch programs.