The National Bank of Belarus on December 20th, 2013 puts into circulation new silver and CuNi commemorative coins "The Belts of Slutsk. Weaving" and "The Belts of Slutsk. The Radziwills" under The Belts of Slutsk coin series.

Slutsk belts — this is one of the assets of my country. Poets sang of its beauty (Adam Mickiewicz and Maxim Bogdanovich), a surprising charm belts crazy many collectors to this day. In this post I will explain this miracle of Belarus.

The name of the belts made of town of Slutsk — in this city began to make the belt in the 18th century. Belts themselves were made up to 4 meters in length and 40–45 centimeters in width. Such decoration could afford only a rich man, because is woven of gold and silver threads and decorated with gold fringe. Price zone reaches up to 1,000 zlotys (the annual income of a simple Polish officer) or 50 ducats. At times one had to be from 400 to 800 grams of gold!

Face value of the silver coin is 20 rubles, purity 925, weight 33.62 g, diameter 50 mm, proof quality. Mintage 7.000 pcs.
Face value of the CuNi coin is 1 ruble, weight 19.50 g, diameter 37 mm, proof-like quality. Mintage 7.000 pcs.

Coins are minted at the Lithuanian mint.
Designer Svetlana Nekrasova