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10 000 Roubles With Security Thread
| Issuer | National Bank of the Republic of Belarus |
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| Year | 2011 |
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| In circulation to | 1 January 2022 |
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| Obverse description | The central vignette presents an intaglio view of the Kirovsky Bridge spanning the Western Dvina River in Vitsiebsk, with a neoclassical building visible beyond the bridge on the far bank. The design is executed in red and blue tones over a multicolour guilloche underprint, with a vertical band of traditional Belarusian folk-ornament patterns along the left margin and two denomination numerals — one in a dark oval cartouche at upper left, the other in a grey rounded panel at upper right. The НРБР monogram in ornate lettering appears at upper right, with the inscription ВІЦЕБСК. ПАНАРАМА ГОРАДА below the central vignette and ДЗЕСЯЦЬ ТЫСЯЧ РУБЛЁЎ in large red letters along the lower edge. |
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| Obverse lettering | БІЛЕТ НАЦЫЯНАЛЬНАГА БАНКА РЭСПУБЛІКІ БЕЛАРУСЬ НРБР 10000 ВІЦЕБСК. ПАНАРАМА ГОРАДА ДЗЕСЯЦЬ ТЫСЯЧ РУБЛЁЎ 2000 (Translation: Payment ticket of the National Bank of the Republic of Belarus, NBRB, Vitsiebsk, Panorama of the city, Ten Thousand Rubles) |
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Pick 30b is a transitional issue within the second Belarusian ruble series — a family of notes that had been in continuous circulation since 1992 and was chronically devalued by inflation so severe that by the time this print run was authorized, 10,000 rubles bought almost nothing. The addition of a security thread to an existing design, rather than issuing a replacement series, reflects the practical difficulty Belarus faced in overhauling currency infrastructure while managing an exchange rate in freefall.
The Republic ultimately replaced the entire series in 2016 at a redenomination rate of 10,000 old rubles to 1 new ruble — exactly this note's face value collapsed into a single coin.