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20 Roubles Year of the Pig
| Issuer | National Bank of the Republic of Belarus |
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| Year | 2018 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | Against a deeply recessed black field, the obverse features an elaborate steampunk-inspired clockwork composition at center, comprising interlocking gears and cogs of varying sizes, some with gold plating, alongside a stylised sun motif and ornate clock hands, with a single pink cubic zirconia gemstone set among the mechanism. The circular legend РЭСПУБЛІКА БЕЛАРУСЬ arcs along the upper periphery in bold Cyrillic characters, while the denomination 20 РУБЛЁЎ is inscribed along the lower rim. A ring of twelve years, spanning 2013 through 2024, runs around the inner circumference of the coin, referencing the full twelve-year Chinese zodiac cycle, with the fineness mark Ag 925 appearing in the lower left field. |
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| Reverse script | Cyrillic/Chinese |
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Belarus has issued Chinese zodiac coins annually since the early 2000s, targeting the collector and gift market rather than circulation — none of these pieces ever saw a cash register. The 2018 Pig issue falls near the end of that long run, by which point the National Bank had refined the gold-plating and stone-setting process through over a decade of similar productions.
The cubic zirconia inlay is press-set rather than bezel-mounted, a detail that affects long-term stone retention in handled examples.