Belarus, officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe bordered by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital and most populous city is Minsk. Its strongest economic sectors are service industries and manufacturing. Until the 20th century, different states at various times controlled the lands of modern-day Belarus, including the Principality of Polotsk (11th to 14th centuries), the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, and the Russian Empire.
In the aftermath of the 1917 Russian Revolution, Belarus declared independence as the Belarusian People's Republic, which was conquered by Soviet Russia. The Socialist Soviet Republic of Byelorussia became a founding constituent republic of the Soviet Union in 1922 and was renamed as the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (Byelorussian SSR). Belarus lost almost half of its territory to Poland after the Polish–Soviet War of 1919–1921. Much of the borders of Belarus took their modern shape in 1939, when some lands of the Second Polish Republic were reintegrated into it after the Soviet invasion of Poland, and were finalized after World War II.
The parliament of the republic declared the sovereignty of Belarus on 27 July 1990, and during the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Belarus declared independence on 25 August 1991.
Belarus never produced any circulating coins. However, it does make frequent NCLTs. The first was issued in 1996 for the 50th anniversary of the UN. Belarus issued pattern circulation coins in 2009, but none were issued. In 2015 the government of Belarus announced that is is revaluing it's national currency at a rate of 10000:1. In addition, a new coin series, based on the 2009 patterns, will be issued. These changes will take place on July 1st, 2016.
20 Roubles, KM#271
Lettering :
РЭСПУБЛIКА БЕЛАРУСЬ
2011 20 РУБЛЁЎ Ag 925
Rev :
Lettering :
CUTTY SARK
Details :
Reeded Edge, Sail Ship Series - The Cutty Sark
Engravers: Obv - D. Surajewska, Rev - S. Nekrasova
KM#271
References :
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belarus
- Standard Catalog of World Coins - Krause Publication
