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1000 Roubles Belarusian Ballet

Issuer National Bank of the Republic of Belarus
Year 2006
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Currency Second Rouble (2000-2016)
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Obverse description At center, the State Coat of Arms of the Republic of Belarus rendered in high relief dominates the field. The date of issue and the fineness designation Au 999 appear below the arms, with the face value 1000 РУБЛЁЎ (1000 ROUBLES) inscribed in the lower exergue. The legend РЭСПУБЛІКА БЕЛАРУСЬ (REPUBLIC OF BELARUS) runs along the upper rim in Cyrillic script.
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Obverse lettering РЭСПУБЛІКА БЕЛАРУСЬ Au 999 2006 1000 РУБЛЁЎ
(Translation: The Republic of Belarus Au 999 2006 1000 roubles)
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Belarus issued a series of large-format gold collector pieces in the mid-2000s as part of an aggressive numismatic export program — the National Bank was effectively running a hard-currency generation scheme at a time when the Belarusian rouble was chronically soft and the country was locked out of most Western credit markets. The Bolshoi Ballet of Belarus, based in Minsk, provided the cultural prestige needed to market these coins internationally at significant premiums over melt.

At 155.5 g of .999 gold, KM#410 sits in the five-troy-ounce category — a weight class chosen deliberately to appeal to institutional and museum-grade collectors rather than the retail market.

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