1 Rouble The Legend of the Cuckoo

Features

Issuer Belarus
Period Republic (1991-date)
Type Non-circulating coin
Year 2008
Value 1 Rouble (1 BYR)
Currency Second Rouble (2000-2016)
Composition Copper-nickel
Weight 15.50 g
Diameter 33 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Number
N#
49899
References KM# 306
Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Coins / 2001-Date (14th edition). Krause Publications, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, United States.
And 5 more volumes.

Commemorative issue

The Legend of the Cuckoo

Series: Belarusian Folk Legends

Obverse

At the top – the relief image of the State Coat of Arms of the Republic of Belarus; in the center – the stylized image of the silhouettes of cuckoos and elements of the national Belarusian ornament against the background of the symbol of perpetual motion.

Script: Cyrillic

Lettering:
РЭСПУБЛІКА БЕЛАРУСЬ
1 РУБЕЛЬ
2008

Designer: O. Novosiolova

Reverse

In the center – the stylized image of a cuckoo whose wings look like long sleeves of feminine dress flapping in the course of dancing; the national Belarusian ornaments are shown inside the silhouette of the cuckoo; beneath the right wing – conditional images of the kids’ bodies and egg–shaped ovals that are symbols of the legend; and on the left – a circumferential inscription: ЛЕГЕНДА ПРА ЗЯЗЮЛЮ (THE LEGEND OF THE CUCKOO).

Script: Cyrillic

Lettering: ЛЕГЕНДА ПРА ЗЯЗЮЛЮ

Designer: O. Novosiolova

Edge

Reeded

Mint

Lithuanian Mint (Lietuvos Monetu Kalykla), Vilnius, Lithuania (1990-date)

Comments

Date of issue 27.03.2008

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2008  Photo 5 000 $ 8.70 Proof–like

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Pictures Sale Date Grade Sold price
Picture 1 of a sold 1 Rouble (The Legend of the Cuckoo)
Katz
Auction 72
Lot 441
Internet Archive
21 Dec 2022 UNC USD 11.86
(EUR 11.00)
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