Catalog
10.000 Rublëy
| Issuer | Natsiyanal'ny Bank Respubliki Belarus' |
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| Year | 2000 |
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| Size | 146 x 70 mm |
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| Reverse description | The reverse, also in rose and pink tones with guilloche side panels, carries a central vignette of the summer amphitheatre in Vitebsk, its distinctive arched canopy structure rendered in detail against a wooded backdrop. The denomination '10000' appears in the lower centre, the Cyrillic legend 'ЛЕТНІ АМФІТЭАТР У ВІЦЕБСКУ' (Summer Amphitheatre in Vitebsk) is printed beneath the vignette, and the serial number in Cyrillic prefix and numerals is printed twice — at lower left and upper right. |
| Reverse lettering | АДЗЕСЯЦЬ ТЫСЯЧ РУБЛЁЎ ЛЕТНІ АМФІТЭАТР У ВІЦЕБСКУ 10000 АДміністрацыя Нацыянальнага банка Рэспублікі Беларусь прадугледжвае за закон |
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Belarus redenominated in 2000, introducing a new ruble series to replace the catastrophically inflated post-Soviet issues — by that point, the outgoing 1992–1999 notes had shed so many zeros that everyday transactions required bricks of cash. The 10,000-ruble denomination, substantial at introduction, was rendered effectively petty-cash within a few years as inflation continued grinding through the Lukashenko-era economy.
Pick 30 is part of a series produced without the embedded metallic thread technology that would appear in later Belarusian issues — the security thread here is a simple embedded type, unremarkable by contemporary standards but consistent with the National Bank's budget constraints at the time of issue.