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20 Roubles Day Angel
| Issuer | National Bank of the Republic of Belarus |
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| Year | 2019 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse description | Central field depicts a stylized guardian angel in flight rendered in a folk-art graphic style, wings outstretched horizontally, hovering above a panoramic view of a Belarusian town with church steeples and traditional architecture. A ribbon banner above the townscape bears the Cyrillic inscription 'АНЁЛ-АХОЎНІК' (Guardian Angel). The circular legend 'РЭСПУБЛІКА БЕЛАРУСЬ' arcs around the upper periphery in bold Cyrillic lettering against a dark field, with the denomination '20 РУБЛЁЎ' inscribed along the lower border. The fineness mark 'Ag925' appears at the lower left and the year '2019' at the lower right. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a richly detailed artistic composition in high relief depicting a guardian angel with large, feathered wings enveloping a sleeping infant, rendered in a tender, icon-inspired style with soft modelling. The angel's haloed face gazes forward with serene, large eyes framed by curling hair, while the swaddled child rests peacefully within the protective embrace of the angel's folded wings and arms. The imagery fills the entire inner coin field, executed with fine engraving detail evoking the tradition of Belarusian religious folk art. The dark, polished proof field provides strong contrast to the frosted sculptural relief of the figures. |
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Belarus has issued angel-themed bullion and collector pieces with some regularity since the mid-2000s, part of a broader program targeting the devotional gift market rather than serious numismatic collectors. The "Day Angel" series pairs calendar-based patronage traditions — the Orthodox and Catholic custom of celebrating one's name day — with high-relief silver production, making these coins functionally closer to medallions sold through ecclesiastical gift channels than to monetary issues.
KM#654 was struck at the Belarusian Mint in Minsk, which only began full independent production in 2013 after years of outsourcing Belarusian collector issues to foreign facilities.