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20 Roubles The Belts of Slutsk. Weaving
| Issuer | National Bank of the Republic of Belarus |
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| Year | 2013 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | The State Coat of Arms of the Republic of Belarus is depicted in relief at the upper portion of the field. At center, enclosed within a beaded or linear circle, a color-printed (pad-printing technique) reproduction of a fragment of a four-faced reversible belt produced by the Slutsk manufactory between 1762 and 1776, now exhibited in the Museum of Ancient Belarusian Culture. The circular legend РЭСПУБЛІКА БЕЛАРУСЬ runs along the upper rim, while the year of issue 2013 appears to the left and the alloy standard Ag 925 to the right. The denomination 20 РУБЛЁЎ is inscribed along the lower portion of the field. |
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| Reverse lettering | СЛУЦКІЯ ПАЯСЫ. ТКАЦТВА (Translation: THE BELTS OF SLUTSK. WEAVING) |
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The Slutsk belt is one of the most celebrated artifacts of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth material culture — wide silk sashes worn by szlachta nobility, woven with gold and silver thread in workshops that flourished in Slutsk (then part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania) from the mid-18th century onward. The Radziwiłł-sponsored manufactory established there around 1758 produced belts so technically demanding that a single piece could take months to complete and cost as much as a small estate.
By the 19th century the tradition had largely died out, surviving mainly in museum collections. Belarus has pursued its revival aggressively since independence, and the craft was inscribed on UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage list in 2012 — the year before this coin was issued.