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20 Roubles Hedgehogs
| Issuer | National Bank of the Republic of Belarus |
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| Year | 2011 |
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| Technique | Milled, Inlaid |
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| Obverse description | The State Emblem of the Republic of Belarus is depicted in the center of the field, consisting of a shield bearing a map of Belarus set above a globe, framed by wheat sheaves interlaced with floral ornaments and a red-and-green ribbon, and surmounted by a five-pointed star. The Cyrillic legend РЭСПУБЛІКА БЕЛАРУСЬ arcs around the upper periphery, while the fineness designation Ag 999 appears to the lower left and the denomination 20 РУБЛЁЎ is inscribed along the lower rim. The date 2011 is positioned in the lower central field. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Belarus has issued collector silver with embedded Swarovski crystals across a long-running wildlife series, and this hedgehog issue is among the more frequently encountered pieces from that program on the secondary market. The National Bank of Belarus entered the decorative bullion niche aggressively in the 2000s, producing themed wildlife rounds that found ready buyers in European gift and novelty markets as much as in numismatic ones — a deliberate revenue strategy for a small nation with limited hard currency options.
The two crystals represent the eyes. Worth knowing before attributing any surface anomaly to damage.