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500 Roubles Icone Bialynitchy
| Issuer | National Bank of the Republic of Belarus |
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| Year | 2014 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | The obverse features the State Emblem of the Republic of Belarus in the upper left field, accompanied by the Cyrillic legend РЭСПУБЛІКА БЕЛАРУСЬ arching across the top. At the center of the rectangular flan, an ornate decorative framework of interlaced foliate scrollwork in low relief encloses a central medallion bearing a depiction of a cross with a decorative boss at its center. The denomination 500 РУБЛЁЎ and the date 2014 are inscribed along the lower portion of the field in a clean, upright serif typeface. |
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| Reverse lettering | БЯЛЫНІЦКАЯ |
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The Bialynichy Icon of the Mother of God spent decades hidden during the Soviet period, passed between private hands to keep it from confiscation or destruction. Its whereabouts remained uncertain for much of the 20th century. This coin was issued as part of Belarus's long-running Orthodox icons series, which the National Bank began using in the 2000s to document devotional objects of national cultural significance — several of which had similarly precarious histories under Soviet rule.
At 500 grams of .925 silver with applied gold-plating, these large-format devotional issues were produced in very limited quantities and sold primarily to collectors rather than through general circulation channels.