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10 Roubles Adam Mickiewicz
| Issuer | National Bank of the Republic of Belarus |
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| Year | 1998 |
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| Value | 10 Roubles (10 BYB) |
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| Reverse description | A raised portrait effigy of the Polish-Belarusian poet Adam Mickiewicz occupies the central field, rendered in profile relief. Beneath the portrait, the inscription 'A. МIЦКЕВIЧ' identifies the subject, while the dates '1798–1855', denoting his years of life, appear to the right in the field. The composition is uncluttered, with the effigy and inscriptions set against a smooth, polished field typical of commemorative proof-style coinage. |
| Reverse script | Cyrillic |
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Issued the year Belarus was navigating its deepening political alignment with Russia under Lukashenko, this coin honoring Adam Mickiewicz carries a quiet irony — Mickiewicz was born near Nowogródek, in what is now Belarus, but is claimed as a national poet by Poland, Lithuania, and Belarus simultaneously. The Belarusian state's decision to mint him reflects a deliberate effort to anchor territorial and cultural legitimacy through a figure whose national identity was never straightforwardly resolved in his own lifetime.
He died in Constantinople in 1855, reportedly organizing Polish legions to fight Russia in the Crimean War.