Metal, fineness	Copper-nickel
Quality	Proof-like / UNC
Total weight, g	12.8
Thickness, mm	2.3
Diameter, mm	31
The edge	The inscription "ОДИН РУБЛЬ ОДИН РУБЛЬ"("one ruble one ruble") separated by two square dots.
Mintage, pcs.	400000/ 2600000

Francysk Skaryna was a Belarusian famous as one of the first publishers in Eastern Europe, laying groundwork for the development of Belarusian language.

He was born in the historical Belarusian city of Polotsk into the family of a wealthy merchant. The exact dates of birth and death are unknown; the two most probable estimates are 1485–1540 and 1490–1551.

Skaryna graduated from the arts faculty at University of Kraków in 1504 with a Bachelor of Arts. In 1512 he received doctorate in medicine at University of Padua in Italy. In 1517 he established a printing press in Prague, where he published his first book entitled The Psalter, in the Old Belarusian language on August 6, 1517. The culmination of his life's work was printing a translation of the Bible in 22 books during 1517–1519.