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50 Roubles Legend of Menesk
| Issuer | National Bank of the Republic of Belarus |
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| Year | 2023 |
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| Diameter | 50 mm |
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| Reverse script | Cyrillic |
| Reverse lettering | ЛЕГЕНДА АБ МЕНЕСКУ (Translation: LEGEND ABOUT MENESK) |
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The Legend of Menesk draws on a medieval Belarusian chronicle account of a giant named Menesk — or Minsk — who built a mill on the Svislach River that ground not grain but people, producing warriors from its stones. The tale is one of several mythological origin stories attached to the founding of Minsk, a city whose documented history begins only in 1067 with a battle on the Nemiga River referenced in the Tale of Igor's Campaign.
Belarus has issued aggressively in the collectibles silver market since the early 2000s, and this 2023 piece falls within a long-running folklore series that has drawn consistent collector interest from the post-Soviet diaspora.