Description:
Obverse
At the top — the relief image of the State Coat of Arms of the Republic of Belarus; in the center — the fragment of an engraving published in ‘Ars Magna Lucis et Umbrae’, the work on interaction between celestial bodies by the German scholar A. Kircher; in the right side — the alloy standard and the trademark of the Mint of Poland PLC underneath; and circumferential inscriptions: at the top — THE REPUBLIC OF BELARUS and at the bottom — the denomination: 20 RUBLES and the year of issue.
Reverse
In the center — the relief gold-plated picture of the stylized taurus against the stylized representation of the clock on the clock tower in St Mark’s Square in Venice and the circumferential inscription — TAURUS above it; beneath — the insert: a transparent capsule containing a movable silver filigree in the shape of a taurus plated with gold.
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