Slutsk belts. Costume of a nobleman

Put into circulation: December 20, 2013

Design: S. Nekrasova (Belarus)
Minting: CJSC "Lithuanian Mint", Vilnius, Lithuania
Copper-nickel
denomination: 1 ruble
coin weight: 19.5 g
quality: proof-like
diameter: 37mm
circulation: 7,000 pcs.
The coins have the shape of a circle, on the obverse and reverse sides there is a protruding edging along the circumference, a notched edge.

Obverse
at the top - a relief image of the State Emblem of the Republic of Belarus; in the center of the coin in a circle is an image of a fragment of a one-sided belt made at the Slutsk manufactory (1776–1780) and located in the collection of the National Museum of History and Culture of Belarus (a fragment of the belt on the silver coin was made by pad printing); on the outer circle at the top is the inscription: REPUBLIC BELARUS; on the left - the year of minting, on the right - the assay of the alloy (on a silver coin) and an artistic element (on a copper-nickel coin), below - the denomination: 20 RUBLES (on a silver coin) and 1 RUBEL (on a copper-nickel coin).

Reverse
on the left in a circle is the inscription: SLUTSKIA PAYASY. SHLIAKHETSKI KATSUM; on the left - an image of a figure of a man (gentry) in a traditional costume, belted with a Slutsk belt; on the right is a stylized image of his genealogical tree as a symbol of the gentry family.