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20 Roubles Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Issuer National Bank of the Republic of Belarus
Year 2007
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Shape Round
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Obverse script Cyrillic
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Edge Plain
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Belarus issued a long-running series of literary-themed silver coins throughout the 2000s, and this piece belongs to that program. The embedded synthetic crystal was a deliberate production choice — Belarusian mint output during this period frequently incorporated inlaid stones and colored enamels as a way of differentiating collectible issues in an increasingly crowded commemorative market dominated by similar programs from Kazakhstan, Ukraine, and other post-Soviet mints.

Carroll's 1865 novel had no particular Belarusian connection; the theme was chosen for international collector appeal rather than cultural relevance.

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