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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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| Weight | 31.10 g |
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| Obverse description | The State Coat of Arms of the Republic of Belarus is rendered in relief at the center, enclosed within a geometric ornamental circle. The fineness designation 'Ag 999' and the date '2009' appear beneath the arms in the lower field. A circumferential legend along the upper rim reads 'РЭСПУБЛIКА БЕЛАРУСЬ' (Republic of Belarus), while the denomination '20 РУБЛЁЎ' (20 Rubles) is inscribed along the lower rim, separated by decorative dots. |
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| Reverse script | Cyrillic, Latin |
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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.