Discription
The coin is rectangular in shape with a raised rim on the obverse and the reverse. The edge of the coin is plain.
Obverse
On the left-hand side at the top - a relief image of the State Emblem of the Republic of Belarus; in the centre - an image of Jean-Antoine Houdon, an French sculptor and graphic artist; the inscriptions: on the left - "РЭСПУБЛIКА" (THE REPUBLIC) at the top - "БЕЛАРУСЬ" (BELARUS); at the bottom - denomination: "ДВАЦЦАЦЬ РУБЛЁЎ" (TWENTY ROUBLES) and the year of coinage to the right of it.
Reverse
In the center - a relief image of the "Voltaire" sculpture; inscription on the left-hand side at the top - ВАЛЬТЭР (VOLTAIRE), on the right-hand side at the bottom - alloy standard.
Design:
obverse: S.Nekrasova (Belarus)reverse: S.Nekrasova (Belarus)
Coinage:
CJSC "Lithuanian Mint", Vilnius, Lithuania
