The Wedding, 20 Roubles, Series: Slav's Traditions

The Wedding, 20 Roubles, Series: Slav's Traditions
The Wedding, 20 Roubles, Series: Slav's Traditions
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Specification
  • Issuer:
  • Producer:
    Mint of Poland
  • Denomination:
    20 roubles
  • Metal:
    Ag 925
  • Decoration:
    Pad printing
  • Size:
    38.61 mm
  • Weight:
    33.63 g
  • Circulation:
    Up to 25,000 pcs
  • Date of issue:
    December 2006
Description

“Family Traditions of Slavs” is a series of beautiful silver coins devoted to the main ceremonies of the Slavic culture. Each coin presents a custom and symbol characteristic for an important period in the life of Slavs. The issuer of the series is the National Bank of the Republic of Belarus and the producer and distributor the Mint of Poland. Till now three coins appeared: “The Wedding”, “Housewarming” and “Baptism.”

"The Wedding" is the first silver coin of the series “Family Traditions of Slavs” which charms with the artistic workmanship and a beautiful design. The main topic here is the wedding ritual represented by the symbols of wedding rings at the reverse. At the obverse there are symbols of happiness and prosperity in a family: two birds sitting on a branch and a clover.

The coin is a perfect present for those who look for a unique wedding gift. In the past a wedding meant taking a solemn oath, an obligation to do a certain thing (e.g. to give a gift to a monastery or church) for a god or a chosen group of people. In anthropology it is one of the most important rituals of transition. Executing the oath was a matter of honor. The Slavs (before Christianity was adopted) had a ritual called “swaćba” which was a form of entering into marriage.

Obverse
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  1. In the upper part of the coin – the relief of the national emblem of the Republic of Belarus
  2. In the central part – an image of a pair of doves on a branch and an image of a clover (a symbol of happiness and prosperity in the family)
  3. The year of issue: 2006, the standard of the metal: Ag 925 and the face value: 20 РУБЛЁЎ (20 RUBLES); in the upper part there is an inscription: РЭСПУБЛІКА БЕЛАРУСЬ (the REPUBLIC OF BELARUS).
Reverse
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  1. In the central part of the coin – the main symbols of wedding: a pair of wedding rings in the color of gold placed on a round loaf of bread, decorated and surrounded with the chaplet of the beloved woman – a garland of flowers placed against honeycomb and a “rushnik” (an embroidered towel).
  2. At the bottom a semi-circular inscription: ВЯСЕЛЛЕ (WEDDING).