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New Belarus coin Year of the Rooster

Tue, 2016-12-27 11:05 — ehobbex
New Belarus coin Year of the Rooster

The National Bank of Belarus on December 12th, 2016 puts into circulation new silver commemorative coin “Year of the Rooster", from coin series Chinese horoscope. Oriental Calendar.

Face value of the silver coin is 20 roubles, purity 925, weight 33.63 g. diameter 38.61 mm, proof-like quality. Mintage 1000 pcs.

Designers Svetlana Zaskevich and Oksana Novoselova

Obverse: 
At the top — the relief image of the State Coat of Arms of the Republic of Belarus and the circumferential inscription: РЭСПУБЛIКА БЕЛАРУСЬ (THE REPUBLIC OF BELARUS); in the center — an arrangement of the clockwork elements, the Sun, and the Moon, where the center of the clockwork is inlaid with the cubic zirconia gem; on the right-hand side — the year of issue; on the left-hand side — the alloy standard; at the bottom — the denomination: 20 РУБЛЁЎ (20 RUBLES). The inner circle contains numerals that represent years from 2013 to 2024, according to the number of years in one cycle of the Chinese lunar calendar. The clockwork elements and the Year of the Rooster (2017) are gold-plated.
 
Reverse: 
Reverse of Belarus Lunar coin features the stylized image of a clockwork rooster and the inscription “Year of the Rooster” in Belarusian. The gilded Chinese symbol standing for "the rooster" is engraved in the center of the reverse.

Coins are minted at The Kazakhstan mint of NB RK, Ust–Kamenogorsk

Source of information: National Bank of the Republic of Belarus www.nbrb.by