50 Roubles The world ski championship

Belarus has hosted significant FIS Nordic skiing events, but the 2017 issue date aligns this coin with the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships held in Lahti, Finland — a competition Belarus has participated in with varying success across biathlon and cross-country disciplines. The .999 fine gold specification at 7.78 g places this squarely in the quarter-ounce bullion-commemorative hybrid category that the National Bank of Belarus favored heavily throughout the 2010s for its sports-themed numismatic program.