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100 000 Roubles Belorussian Orthodox Church; emergency issue
| Issuer | Belarusian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate / Savings Bank of the Republic of Belarus |
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| Year | 1994 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse lettering | БЛАГОТВОРИТЕЛЬНЫЙ БИЛЕТ Белорусской Православной Церкви Московского Патриархата 100000 СТО ТЫСЯЧ РУБЛЕЙ 1994 СБЕРЕГАТЕЛЬНЫЙ БАНК РЕСПУБЛИКИ БЕЛАРУСЬ |
| Reverse description | Text panel in Cyrillic script detailing the purpose and terms of the charity ticket issue, with two signature lines for the Metropolitan of Minsk and Slutsk, Patriarchal Exarch of All Belarus, and the Chairman of the Savings Bank of the Republic of Belarus. |
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In the early 1990s, the Belarusian Orthodox Church — operating under the Moscow Patriarchate — partnered with the Savings Bank of the Republic of Belarus to issue a series of commemorative high-denomination notes during a period of severe hyperinflation. The 100,000 rouble face value reflects just how rapidly the Belarusian ruble had collapsed by 1994; the country had only introduced its own currency two years earlier following the Soviet dissolution.
Whether these circulated as genuine emergency tender or functioned primarily as commemorative certificates is a question collectors still debate. The issuing arrangement itself — a church co-sponsoring a banking instrument — is essentially without parallel in post-Soviet numismatics.