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20 Roubles Bison
| Issuer | National Bank of the Republic of Belarus |
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| Year | 2012 |
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| Value | 20 Roubles (20 BYR) |
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| Obverse description | The State Emblem of the Republic of Belarus occupies the central field, rendered in high relief and depicting a map of the country superimposed on sun rays, flanked by wheat stalks and clover blossoms, with a red star at the apex and a ribbon at the base bearing the inscription РЭСПУБЛІКА БЕЛАРУСЬ. The purity mark Ag 999 appears in the lower left field. The date 2012 is inscribed below the emblem, and the denomination 20 РУБЛЁЎ is placed along the lower rim. The circular legend РЭСПУБЛІКА БЕЛАРУСЬ arcs around the upper periphery in Cyrillic characters. |
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| Obverse script | Cyrillic, Latin |
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Belarus has issued an extensive wildlife series in silver since the early 2000s, and the European bison — locally called the zubr — carries particular national weight, as the Białowieża Forest straddling the Belarusian-Polish border hosts one of the last wild herds descended from animals reintroduced after the species went extinct in the wild in 1927. The embedded synthetic crystals are a production feature of the Belarusian mint's "crystal" subseries, where Swarovski-style elements are set directly into the die-struck field during finishing.
KM#422 is one of several zubr-themed issues across different years; collector demand tracks closely with the broader Eastern European wildlife bullion market rather than any particular numismatic premium.