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20 Roubles Taurus
| Issuer | National Bank of the Republic of Belarus |
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| Year | 2013 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse script | Cyrillic/Latin |
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| Reverse description | At center, a gold-plated relief depiction of a stylized Taurus bull is set against a stylized rendering of the clock tower in St. Mark's Square, Venice. The circumferential legend 'TAURUS' arcs above the central design. Below the principal motif, a transparent capsule insert containing a movable silver filigree figure of the Taurus bull, plated with gold, is embedded into the coin's body, providing a distinctive three-dimensional sculptural element. |
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Part of the National Bank of Belarus's long-running zodiac series, this piece belongs to a group of collector issues that became one of the more technically ambitious filigree programs in post-Soviet commemorative coinage. The movable element — a separately fabricated gold-plated silver filigree figure loose within a sealed transparent capsule — required a minting and assembly process distinct from standard die-struck production, effectively making each coin a miniature display piece rather than a struck medallion.
The filigree technique itself draws on a Central Asian and Eastern European craft tradition with roots far older than modern coin production. Belarus leaned heavily into this format through the 2000s and 2010s, producing capsule-filigree issues across multiple thematic series.