Description:
Obverse
At the top — the relief image of the State Coat of Arms of the Republic of Belarus; in the center — the stylized silhouetted images of the skylarks and elements of Belarusian folk ornaments against a spinning wheel, the symbol of perpetual motion, whose pattern is changing into the structure of tree rings; beneath — the year of issue; circumferential inscriptions: at the top — РЭСПУБЛIКА БЕЛАРУСЬ (THE REPUBLIC OF BELARUS), at the bottom — 1 РУБЕЛЬ (1 RUBLE).
Reverse
In the center — the stylized image of a skylark with its wings spread and its plumage resembling the pattern of plowed field furrows. The image is marked with a rhombus and a sidelong cross which show a symbolic link between the bird and the earth and the Divine Principle, beneath — the silhouette of a sower; in the right-hand part at the bottom — a circumferential inscription: ЛЕГЕНДА ПРА ЖАВАРАНКА (THE LEGEND OF THE SKYLARK).
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