1 Rouble National Library of Belarus

Belarus opened its National Library in Minsk in 2006 after over two decades of delays, cost overruns, and a design process that began under the Soviet Union. The building's rhombicuboctahedron form made it one of the more architecturally discussed structures in post-Soviet Eastern Europe, though the institution itself holds manuscript collections dating back centuries, including rare items from the Grand Duchy of Lithuania period.

Copper-nickel commemoratives from the National Bank of Belarus in this period were issued in relatively modest quantities with limited international distribution, keeping genuine circulation examples scarce outside the domestic market.