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| Issuer | National Bank of the Republic of Belarus |
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| Year | 2021 |
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| Value | 20 Roubles |
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| Obverse script | Cyrillic, Latin |
| Obverse lettering | РЭСПУБЛІКА БЕЛАРУСЬ • 20 РУБЛЁЎ • 2021 • Ag 925 |
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Belarus has issued commemorative silver in the sports series since the early 2000s, but the 2021 basketball entry arrived during a period of severe political turbulence — the Lukashenko government was deep into its crackdown following the disputed 2020 presidential election, with international sanctions already tightening. The National Bank continued issuing collector coinage throughout, partly as a hard-currency revenue mechanism at a time when the Belarusian ruble was under sustained pressure.
KM#723 is a relatively late entry in a long-running series that collectors either follow obsessively or ignore entirely.