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50 Roubles St. Euphrosyne of Polotsk
| Issuer | National Bank of the Republic of Belarus |
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| Year | 2008 |
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| Value | 50 Roubles (50 BYR) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse presents a finely rendered facade of the Transfiguration Church of the Spaso-Euphrosyne Monastery in Polotsk, depicted in high relief at centre within an ornate decorative frame with geometric and cross motifs. The Belarusian state coat of arms appears at the top of the field, flanked by the curved Cyrillic legend РЭСПУБЛIКА БЕЛАРУСЬ along the upper periphery. An arched Cyrillic inscription ПРАВАСЛАЎНЫЯ СВЯТЫЯ (Orthodox Saints) curves above the church portal. The denomination 50 РУБЛЁЎ is positioned to the lower left, with the year 2008 and the metallic specification Au 900 to the lower right, and the Mint of Poland mintmark appears in the lower field. |
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| Reverse script | Cyrillic |
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Euphrosyne of Polotsk — born Predslava, a Polotskian princess who renounced her dynastic marriage prospects to become a nun around 1104 — is the dominant female saint of Belarusian Orthodox tradition. She founded the Spaso-Preobrazhensky Convent in Polotsk and commissioned the famous Cross of Euphrosyne in 1161, a reliquary cross by master craftsman Lazar Bogsha that became one of the most venerated objects in medieval Rus. That cross disappeared during World War II and has never been recovered.
The four synthetic crystals inset into this coin are a direct reference to the gemstone inlays of Bogsha's original cross.