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20 Roubles The Ecstasy of Saint Theresa
| Issuer | National Bank of the Republic of Belarus |
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| Year | 2010 |
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| Value | 20 Roubles (20 BYR) |
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| Obverse description | The State Coat of Arms of the Republic of Belarus appears in high relief at the upper left of the field. At center, a portrait effigy of the Italian Baroque architect, sculptor, and painter Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini is depicted. The Cyrillic legend 'РЭСПУБЛІКА' (Republic) runs along the left margin, with 'БЕЛАРУСЬ' (Belarus) inscribed at the top. Along the lower portion, the date of issue and face value '20 РУБЛЁЎ' (Twenty Roubles) are inscribed, accompanied by the artist's name 'ДЖ. Л. БЕРНIНI'. |
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| Reverse lettering | Экстаз святой Тэрэзы Ag 925 |
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Gian Lorenzo Bernini completed the marble sculptural group in Rome's Santa Maria della Vittoria in 1652, and it has generated theological controversy ever since — critics from the moment of its unveiling questioned whether the depicted expression was devotional or something else entirely. Belarus's decision to issue a coin reproducing it is a minor curiosity of post-Soviet numismatics, where the National Bank aggressively marketed themed silver issues to European collectors throughout the 2000s, prioritizing foreign currency revenue over any coherent national or cultural connection to the subject.
KM#374 belongs to a sprawling series of Belarusian collector coins with no thematic unity beyond marketability.