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20 Roubles The Legend of the Cuckoo
| Issuer | National Bank of the Republic of Belarus |
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| Year | 2008 |
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| Composition | Silver (.925) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a stylized depiction of a cuckoo at center, its outstretched wings rendered in the form of long billowing sleeves of a feminine folk dress as if caught mid-dance, evoking the spirit of Belarusian legend. The interior of the cuckoo silhouette is filled with intricate national Belarusian ornamental patterns. Beneath the right wing, symbolic figures representing children's forms and egg-shaped ovals allude to the narrative elements of the legend. A circumferential inscription in Cyrillic along the left border reads ЛЕГЕНДА ПРА ЗЯЗЮЛЮ (The Legend of the Cuckoo). |
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| Reverse lettering | ЛЕГЕНДА ПРА ЗЯЗЮЛЮ (Translation: THE LEGEND OF THE CUCKOO) |
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Part of Belarus's long-running folklore series, this issue draws on the East Slavic legend of the cuckoo as a prophetic bird — one that counts out the remaining years of a listener's life. The National Bank of Belarus began issuing themed collector silver in earnest after independence, using numismatic programs partly as a hard-currency revenue mechanism in an economy operating under significant state controls throughout the 2000s.
KM#188 is a low-mintage proof issue with limited secondary market depth outside Eastern Europe.