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50 Roubles Belarus - Ukraine. Spiritual heritage. Irmologion
| Issuer | National Bank of the Republic of Belarus |
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| Year | 2020 |
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| Weight | 62.2 g |
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| Obverse description | The obverse features a gilded ornate arch in the style of Eastern Orthodox ecclesiastical architecture, beneath which pages of an illuminated manuscript bearing large decorative Cyrillic initials are displayed in oxidized relief. Flanking the arch stand four gilded figures of saints or church fathers, depicted in Byzantine iconographic style, each holding liturgical manuscripts or scrolls. The architectural background includes stylized church domes in the oxidized field. The legend 'РЭСПУБЛІКА БЕЛАРУСЬ' arcs along the upper rim, with the year '2020', fineness 'Ag 999', and denomination '50 РУБЛЁЎ' positioned in the field to the left and right of the central composition. |
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| Obverse lettering | РЭСПУБЛІКА БЕЛАРУСЬ 2020 Ag 999 50 РУБЛЁЎ |
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The Irmologion is a liturgical chant book of the Eastern Orthodox tradition, and the Belarusian-Ukrainian manuscript tradition produced some of its most distinctive regional variants between the 16th and 18th centuries — a period when both territories sat under the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and later fell under competing religious pressures from Rome and Constantinople alike. The 2020 "Spiritual Heritage" series from the National Bank of Belarus used these shared cultural artifacts as a vehicle for asserting a broader Slavic ecclesiastical identity.
KM#689 is among the heavier issues in the series, struck in oxidized fine silver with selective gilding — a finishing technique the Minsk Mint applied with considerable consistency across this thematic program.