Within the circular geometric ornament – the relief of the State Coat of Arms of the Republic of Belarus; beneath – year of issue; inscriptions along the rim – at the top: `РЭСПУБЛІКА БЕЛАРУСЬ` (REPUBLIC OF BELARUS), at the bottom: `ДВАЦЦАЦЬ РУБЛЁЎ` (TWENTY ROUBLES).
Obverse script
Cyrillic
Obverse lettering
РЭСПУБЛІКА БЕЛАРУСЬ
2002
ДВАЦЦАЦЬ РУБЛЁЎ
Reverse description
In the right–hand part – relief effigy of Ignatius Dameika; in the left–hand part – relief effigy of a geological hammer and an inset of a stone similar to dameikit and its chemical formula (on the copper–nickel coin the inset is absent and on its place the relief effigy of mountains is placed); at the bottom in the left–hand part – inscription in four lines `IГНАТ ДАМЕЙКА 1802 1889` (IGNATIUS DAMEIKA 1802–1889); at the bottom in the right–hand part – relief effigy of fragment of mountain chain in Andes, adopted in honor of I. Dameika, and inscription `CORDILLERA DE DOMEYKO`.
Reverse script
Cyrillic
Reverse lettering
Cu3As
IГНАТ ДАМЕЙКА 1802 1889
CORDILLERA DE DOMEYKO
