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50 Roubles Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos of Barkalabava
| Issuer | National Bank of the Republic of Belarus |
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| Year | 2012 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | Central field features an ornate cross within a circular medallion, surrounded by an elaborate interlaced filigree pattern of scrolling foliate and geometric ornamentation rendered in high relief, covering the entire rectangular flan. The inscription РЭСПУБЛІКА БЕЛАРУСЬ appears along the upper portion of the field, with the denomination 50 РУБЛЁЎ and date 2012 along the lower margin, flanked by the fineness designation Au 999. The overall design reflects traditional Orthodox ecclesiastical decorative motifs. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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The Barkalabava icon, housed at the Barkalabava Convent in Mogilev Oblast, is one of the few Marian icons considered locally miraculous within the Belarusian Orthodox tradition specifically — distinct from the broader Russian Orthodox canon of wonder-working images. The convent itself survived Soviet-era closure and was returned to religious use only in 1992, making the icon's institutional home relatively newly restored when this coin was issued.
Belarus launched its orthodox religious gold series in the early 2000s, partly as a soft-power assertion of distinct national cultural identity separate from Russia.