Description:
Obverse
Within the circular geometric ornament – the relief of the State Coat of Arms of the Republic of Belarus; beneath – year of issue; inscriptions along the rim – at the top: "РЭСПУБЛІКА БЕЛАРУСЬ" (REPUBLIC OF BELARUS), at the bottom: "ДВАЦЦАЦЬ РУБЛЁЎ" (TWENTY ROUBLES).
Reverse
In the right–hand part – relief effigy of Ignatius Dameika; in the left–hand part – relief effigy of a geological hammer and an inset of a stone similar to dameikit and its chemical formula (on the copper–nickel coin the inset is absent and on its place the relief effigy of mountains is placed); at the bottom in the left–hand part – inscription in four lines "IГНАТ ДАМЕЙКА 1802 1889" (IGNATIUS DAMEIKA 1802–1889); at the bottom in the right–hand part – relief effigy of fragment of mountain chain in Andes, adopted in honor of I. Dameika, and inscription "CORDILLERA DE DOMEYKO".
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