Commemorative coin "BULL" of the series "Animal world on the coats of arms of the Belarus cities"

• • Put into circulation on 27 October 2023
  • Design: National Bank of the Republic of Belarus
  • Minted by: RSE "The Kazakhstan Mint of NB RK", Ust–Kamenogorsk, Kazakhstan
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  • Ring – alloy: steel covered with copper and brass;
  • Middle – alloy: steel covered with copper and nickel
  • Denomination: 2 rubles
  • Weight of coin, g: 5.81
  • Quality: "uncirculated"
  • Diameter, mm: 23.5
  • Mintage, pcs.: 25,000
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  Coin has the shape of a circle, on the front and reverse sides - an edge protruding around the circumference. The side surface of the coin bears the repeating inscription BELARUS, the minting year ‒ 2023 and elements of the national ornament.

  
  

  Obverse

  in the center – a relief image of the State Coat of Arms of the Republic of Belarus; around the inscription: BELARUS at the top, 2 RUBLES at the bottom, between which is a stylized image of the national ornament.

  
  

  Reverse

  in the center - on the background of the heraldic shield, the image of the head of a bull, around the inscription: above - BULL, below - ANIMALS ON THE COAT OF ARMS OF THE CITIES OF BELARUS

• Fauna on coats of arms.Bull

  
  

  
  

  
  

  The seventh coin of the series “Fauna on the coats of arms of Belarusian cities”

  
  

  
  

  
  

  Bison

  Deer

  Lynx

  Wolf

  a lion

  Eagle

  Bull

  Bear

  Elk

  Fox

  
  

  
  

  Issued: October 27, 2023

  
  

  Design: National Bank of the Republic of Belarus

  
  

  Minting: RSE "Kazakhstan Mint of the National Bank of the Republic of Kazakhstan", Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakhstan

  
  

  ring – alloy: steel coated with copper and brass; middle – alloy: steel coated with copper and nickel

  denomination: 2 rubles

  coin weight: 5.81 g

  quality: "uncirculated"

  diameter: 23.5 mm

  circulation: 25,000 pcs.

  The coins have the shape of a circle, with an edge protruding around the circumference on the front and back sides. The side surface of the coins with the repeating inscription BELARUS, the year of minting - 2023 and elements of the national ornament.

  
  

  Obverse

  
  

  in the center – a relief image of the State Emblem of the Republic of Belarus; There are inscriptions around the circle: at the top - BELARUS, at the bottom - 2 RUBLES, between which is a stylized image of the national ornament.

  
  

  Reverse

  
  

  in the center - against the background of the heraldic shield there is an image of a bull's head, in a circle there are inscriptions: at the top - BULL, below - ZHIVELINY ON THE COAT OF ARMS OF GARAD BELARUS

  
  

  The coat of arms and flag were established by Decree of the President of the Republic of Belarus dated June 14, 2007 No. 279 and registered in the State Heraldic Register on June 4, 2009 No. B-114 and No. B-115.

  
  

  Coat of arms: Crossed Varangian shield, in the upper golden field of which a black bull is depicted, in the lower green field there is a golden horseshoe.

  
  

  Flag: A rectangular panel with an aspect ratio of 1:2, consisting of two horizontal equal-sized stripes: the upper yellow one depicts a black bull, the lower green one depicts a yellow horseshoe.

  
  

  The stomach has been known from written sources since the 14th century. For several centuries it was in private ownership. Since the 18th century. its history is connected with the names of representatives of the Tizengauz family, famous in Belarus.

  
  

  The Tizengauz family coat of arms “Buffalo” is an image of a black bull in a golden field of a shield. Several of its varieties are known, belonging to this family and affecting, first of all, the isography of the animal itself. There are coats of arms on which the full figure of a bull is inscribed, either its head alone, or the family sign has a multipart division, depending on the marriage entered into by the Tizengauzes with representatives of other clans.

  
  

  Paying due respect and preserving the bright memory of the representatives of the Tizengauz family, who owned Zheludok and its environs for about two hundred years and did a lot for the development of the town, the main figure from the family coat of arms - a black buffalo - turned out to be quite appropriate on the modern official heraldic symbol of the urban village.

• However, it was necessary to introduce a certain element into the modern city coat of arms that would emphasize the distinctive feature of Zheludok, especially since the Tizengauzes also owned other settlements. Such an addition is the image of a horseshoe, proposed by the Shchuchin district executive committee. On the Zheludok coat of arms, this heraldic figure symbolizes the commercial successes of the town in the 19th–20th centuries. and the fairs held here. Seven nails in the horseshoe show the number of noble families who owned the Zheludok. In addition, the horseshoe has a wide interpretation in symbolism, one of which is success, luck, happiness, profit. The combination of such capacious heraldic figures as a bull (buffalo) in a golden field and a golden horseshoe led to the use of only one enamel - green.

  
  

  For the modern coat of arms of the village, a Varangian-shaped shield was chosen, which is widely used for modern territorial coats of arms of the Grodno region.

  
  

  In the Zheludok flag, the two main elements of the coat of arms are transferred to a panel that has its main colors - yellow and green.

  
  

  Coat of arms and flag of the city. The stomach was considered at a meeting of the Shchuchinsky district executive committee and approved by its decision of October 26, 2006 No. 700.

  
  

  The author of the coat of arms is M.M. Elinskaya, artist V.A. Lyakhor.