Belarus, 20 Roubles, 2006, The Thousand and one nights, Fairy Tales Series COA

Description

Belarus, 20 Roubles, 2006, The Thousand and one nights, Fairy Tales Series COA
Year
2006
Value
20 Roubles (20
BYB
)
Metal
Silver (.925; with colored stone inlay)
Weight
28.28 g
Diameter
38.5 mm
Mintage: 20,000
Commemorative issue
Obverse:
at the bottom – a relief effigy of the State Coat of Arms of the Republic of Belarus; in the center – at the background of a starry sky there is an image of a boy and a girl holding an opened book; beneath – year of issue; inscriptions along the rim: at the top – "РЭСПУБЛIКА БЕЛАРУСЬ" (REPUBLIC OF BELARUS), at the bottom – "ДВАЦЦАЦЬ РУБЛЁЎ" (TWENTY ROUBLES).
Reverse:
at the top along the rim – inscription " Тысяча і адна ноч "; in the center – a dome–shaped arch inside which it is entered ornamental fragment of a ceiling of a palace of Caliph, with an insert from artificial transparent crystal of blue colour, behind arch windows – fantastic landscapes; below – on a background of east city of the image most frequently met subject characters of east fairy tales: an amphora, the carpet – plane, a camel and the snake; at the left – a landscape of night East city; on the right – a musical instrument – domra, a tree, birds. At turn of a coin on 180° instead of arches and landscapes we shall see the person of east woman in a veil with rich ornamental ornate.