20 Roubles Hedgehog

Part of Belarus's long-running wildlife series, this issue belongs to a broader program the National Bank launched in the 2000s that combined precious metal coinage with embedded Swarovski crystal elements — a production technique requiring coordination between the Mint and the Austrian crystal manufacturer. The hedgehog piece proved popular enough in secondary markets that premiums over spot climbed steeply within a few years of release, driven almost entirely by collector demand from outside Belarus itself.