at the top - a relief image of the State Emblem of the Republic of Belarus, inscriptions along the rim: at the top - REPUBLIC BELARUS, at the bottom - face value 20 РУБЛЁЎ (on silver) and 1 РУБЕЛЬ in the center - a panorama image of the Upper city - a bird's-eye view and the coat of arms of the city of Minsk.

in the center - a stylized image of the miniature Battle of Nemiga from the Radziwill Chronicle, a literary monument of the beginning of the 13th century; under it, in three lines - the historical names of the city of Minsk: MILLION, MENSK, MENSK, at the bottom there is the inscription: МІНСК. 950 GADOЎ.

Lateral surface of coins with a notch

Design: S. Nekrasov (Belarus)