2005 Belarus 20 Roubles "Little Prince"

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Silver coin – 20 Roubles face value (fine silver

content - 26,16 g;

alloy standard - 925; diameter - 38.61 mm).

Certificate.

Mintage:

up to 20 000 pcs

 

Placed in circulation on May 24, 2005.

Designer:

S.V.Necrasova (Belarus).

Minted by:

Joint-Stock Company Polish State Mint, Warsaw (Poland).

The coin is round. The edge of the coin is plain.

The 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).

The reverse:

at the top – starry sky with objects-symbols: star-mouth, slit-nose, eyebrow, artifact-eye with an inset of artificial transparent crystal, forming symbolic image of a part of lopsided face of the Little Prince; along the rim – inscription «МАЛЕНЬКІ ПРЫНЦ» (THE LITTLE PRINCE).

Coin is of the "uncirculated" quality.

Surface of the coins is oxidized.