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20 Roubles The Tower of Kamenets
| Issuer | National Bank of the Republic of Belarus |
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| Year | 2001 |
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| Value | 20 Roubles (20 BYR) |
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| Reverse description | At center, a detailed relief depiction of the Kamyanetskaya Vezha (Tower of Kamenets), a 13th-century cylindrical defensive tower characteristic of Belarusian medieval architecture. A cartouche rendered in the form of an ancient seal bears the Roman numeral 'XIII', referencing the century of the tower's construction. The upper field carries a three-line inscription 'ПОМНIКI АРХIТЭКТУРЫ БЕЛАРУСI' (Belarusian Architectural Monuments), while the lower field bears the inscription 'КАМЯНЕЦКАЯ ВЕЖА' (Kamyanetskaya Vezha), all in Cyrillic script. |
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| Mintage | 2001 - Proof - 2,000 |
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The Tower of Kamenets — known locally as the White Tower — is a 13th-century defensive structure in the Brest region, one of the few surviving examples of Volhynian tower architecture. It was built around 1271 under Volhynian Prince Vladimir Vasilkovich and served as a watchtower on what was then the contested frontier between the principalities of Rus and the expanding Lithuanian state. Belarus launched its commemorative silver program in the early 2000s partly to assert distinct national heritage separate from both Russian and Polish historical narratives — this issue falls squarely within that project.