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20 Roubles Motherhood
| Issuer | National Bank of the Republic of Belarus |
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| Year | 2011 |
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| Value | 20 Roubles (20 BYR) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a deeply struck, high-relief composition depicting a serene mother cradling her newborn infant in her hands, rendered in a stylized yet tender artistic manner. A gilt dove with spread wings, partially colored in warm gold tones, is shown alighting between the mother and child, symbolizing peace, love, and new life. Decorative folk-art geometric motifs border the right side of the field, consistent with traditional Belarusian ornamentation. The Cyrillic inscription МАЦЯРЫНСТВА (MOTHERHOOD) is positioned along the lower edge of the design. The contrast between the frosted relief figures and the colored gilt bird creates a striking visual effect characteristic of modern Belarusian commemorative coinage. |
| Reverse script | Cyrillic |
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Belarus launched an extended series of silver commemoratives in the 2000s targeting the collector market, with domestic and Russian-speaking diaspora buyers as the primary audience. The "Motherhood" issue belongs to that program, which drew heavily on Soviet-era thematic conventions — family, labor, and natalist imagery — repackaged for post-independence commemorative currency.
Mintages for Belarusian commemoratives of this period were typically kept low, often under 5,000 pieces, as the National Bank relied on these issues for modest hard-currency revenue rather than circulation.