Catalog
20 Roubles Belarus-Russia Community
| Issuer | National Bank of the Republic of Belarus |
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| Year | 1997 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse description | The obverse displays the state coat of arms of the Republic of Belarus at center, featuring a sun rising over a globe flanked by wheat sheaves tied with a ribbon in the national colors, with a five-pointed star at the apex and a decorative cartouche bearing the inscription РЭСПУБЛIКА БЕЛАРУСЬ at the base of the shield. The coat of arms is rendered in high relief within a decorative beaded inner border. The circular legend РЭСПУБЛIКА БЕЛАРУСЬ arcs across the upper field, while the denomination ДВАЦЦАЦЬ РУБЛЁЎ appears along the lower rim. The year 1997 is prominently placed in the lower central field, flanked by the fineness designation Ag 900 to the left and the weight indication 31.1 to the right. |
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| Obverse lettering | РЭСПУБЛIКА БЕЛАРУСЬ 1997 Ag 900 31,1 ДВАЦЦАЦЬ РУБЛЁЎ |
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Issued to mark the Union Treaty signed by Belarus and Russia on April 2, 1997, this coin commemorates what was intended as the first step toward full political and economic unification of the two states. That union never materialized in any meaningful constitutional sense. Lukashenko had championed the agreement partly as a vehicle for his own political ambitions within a merged state — ambitions that Moscow quietly sidelined.
KM#11 is among the earliest commemorative silver issues from the National Bank of Belarus, which had only gained full central banking authority in 1990.