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Yanka Kupala

Belarusian History and Culture. Commemorative coin dedicated to the 120th Anniversary of Yanka Kupala. KUPALA, Yanka (pen name of LUTSEVICH Ivan Daminikavich; 1882–1942), Belarusian poet, playwright, publicist, translator, classic of Belarusian literature, one of the founders of modern Belarusian literature and literary language. First People's Poet of Belarus (1925), academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Belarusian SSR (1928) and of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR (1929), public figure.

Image copyright: National Bank of the Republic of Belarus
Obverse: 
within the circular geometric ornament – the relief of the State Coat of Arms of the Republic of Belarus; beneath – year of issue, silver coin – fine silver content and alloy standard; inscriptions along the rim – at the top: "РЭСПУБЛIКА БЕЛАРУСЬ" (REPUBLIC OF BELARUS), at the bottom: "ДЗЕСЯЦЬ РУБЛЁЎ" (TEN ROUBLES) on the silver coin and "АД3IН РУБЕЛЬ" (ONE ROUBLE) on the copper–nickel coin.
Reverse: 
in the right–hand part – the relief effigy of Yanka Kupala, in the top left–hand part – years of his life "1882 – 1942", in the bottom left–hand part along the rim – inscription "ЯНКА КУПАЛА" (YANKA KUPALA), above it a stylized effigy of fern.

Booklet

Belarus 2002 Booklet Yanka Kupala
Belarus 2002 Booklet Yanka Kupala
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Catalog ID: 
BY32CM2
Krause ID: 
KM #117
Value: 
€94.5
Mintage: 
1000
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Purity: 
0.925
Weight: 
16.55g
Diameter: 
33mm
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