Belarus 2013 Slutsk belts. Weaving Ag

Description

Slutsk belts. Weaving
Put into circulation: December 20, 2013
Design: S. Nekrasova (Belarus)
Chasing: Lithuanian Mint JSC, Vilnius, Lithuania
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Silver, silver fineness: 925
face value: 20 rubles
coin weight: 33.62 g
pure silver mass: 31.1 g
quality: proof, using pad printing
diameter: 50 mm
circulation: 7 000 pcs.
Coins have the shape of a circle, on the front and back sides - a protruding edging around the circumference, a notched edge.
Obverse
above - a relief image of the State Emblem of the Republic of Belarus; in the center of the coin in the circle there is an image of a fragment of a double-sided four-facet belt made at the Slutsk manufactory (1760 (1762) –1776) and located in the collection of the Museum of Ancient Belorussian culture (on a silver coin a fragment of the belt was made by pad printing); in the outer circle at the top there is an inscription: RESPUBLІKA BELARUS; on the left is the year of minting, on the right is an alloy test (on a silver coin) and an artistic element (on copper-nickel), below is the face value: 20 RUBLES (on silver) and 1 RUBLES (on copper-nickel).
Reverse
on the left in a circle the inscription: SLUTSKAYA PAYASY. TKATSTVA; on the left is a figure of a merchant symbolizing trade relations of the city of Slutsk, on the right is a decorative composition consisting of the coat of arms of the city of Slutsk, a weaver behind a loom making traditional woven belts, and an image of the city (as a symbol of a developed center of manufacturing production).