BELARUS 20 ROUBLES 1001 NIGHT FAIRY TALES SILVER COIN ZIRCON IN SOUTH AFRICA

Belarus 20 Roubles 1001 Night Fairy Tales Silver Coin Zircon Insert 2006 Edition Technical Specs Presentation Country:   Belarus Metal Purity:    Silver 0.925 Box:   No Year of Issue:   2006 Weight:   28.28 CoA:   Yes Face Value:   20 Ruble Dimensions:   38.61     Quality:   Antique-Finish     Mintage:   20000   New coin with capsule and CoA Obverse:The central part of the coin depicts a boy and a girl sitting on the moon and reading fairy tales with stars in the background. Above: the emblem of the Republic of Belarus and a semicircular inscription in Russian saying: ¿The Republic of Belarus¿. In the lower part of the coin, along the rim - the face value of the coin in Belarusian ¿ ¿twenty roubles¿. Above - the year of issue: 2006.Reverse:In the central part of the coin - Scheherazade¿s face turned away and covered with a chador which is hidden among oriental ornamentation: an gateway to the sultan¿s palace and two arches behind which there are stunning landscapes: an urban and marine ones. In the middle of the arabesque, in the arch - a zircon in the color of the sky. At the bottom ¿ a view of an Arabic town; in the foreground there are four artifacts ¿ symbols which are very common in oriental fairy tales: an amphora, magic carpet, camel ¿ the ship of the desert, and a cobra ¿ the symbol of wisdom. On the left there is a part of the town covered in darkness and waves throwing a vessel with trapped Jin in it to the shore. On the right ¿ a tree with two birds and a tambura leaning against the tree. Over it, in a frame, there is a cage with a little bird. In the upper part of the coin ¿ along the coin¿s rim - an inscription saying ¿One Thousand and One Nights¿. ____________________________________________________  Feel free to e-mail me with any questions.