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20 Roubles Squirrels
| Issuer | National Bank of the Republic of Belarus |
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| Year | 2009 |
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| Value | 20 Roubles (20 BYR) |
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| Reverse description | Two red squirrels (Sciurus vulgaris) are depicted in high relief at the center of the field, their eyes inlaid with faceted Swarovski crystals that catch and reflect light. The animals are rendered with fine naturalistic detail, set against a plain polished field characteristic of proof coinage. A circumferential inscription along the upper rim reads 'ВАВЁРКI SCIURUS VULGARIS', combining the Belarusian common name with the Latin binomial nomenclature of the species. |
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| Mintage | 2009 - Proof - 5,000 |
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Part of Belarus's long-running wildlife series, this issue was released when the National Bank was aggressively expanding its commemorative program to attract foreign collector markets — a revenue strategy that produced hundreds of distinct silver types in the 2000s and 2010s. The embedded Swarovski crystals, supplied under a licensing arrangement, were a recurring device used across multiple Belarusian issues of this period to boost perceived value and retail price points well above melt.
The squirrel series had particular traction in Asian collector markets, where Belarusian wildlife coins found an unlikely but consistent buyer base throughout the late 2000s.