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20 Roubles The Cutty Sark
| Issuer | National Bank of the Republic of Belarus |
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| Year | 2011 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse script | Cyrillic, Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a finely engraved high-relief depiction of the famous British clipper ship Cutty Sark under full sail, shown broadside and occupying the majority of the field, with billowing sails, intricate rigging, and a dramatic seascape background including clouds and a shoreline with trees. A smaller vignette of the vessel under sail appears in the lower left of the exergue panel. The legend CUTTY SARK is inscribed in two lines within the lower exergue, set against a mirror-polished field contrasting with the frosted relief of the ship. |
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The Cutty Sark was launched at Dumbarton in 1869, built specifically to compete in the China tea trade at a moment when that trade was already dying — the Suez Canal opened the same year, giving steamships a decisive route advantage that sailing clippers could never offset. She never carried a full tea cargo. By the mid-1870s she had pivoted to the Australian wool run, where she genuinely excelled, logging some of the fastest passages of any vessel on that route.
Belarus issued this piece as part of a broader series celebrating historic sailing ships — an unremarkable licensing conceit common among small-nation mints of this period seeking collectable themes with international appeal.