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1000 Roubles Belarusian Ballet
| Issuer | National Bank of the Republic of Belarus |
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| Year | 2007 |
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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 is rendered in high relief within a circle, framed by a geometric ornament. The year of issue and the alloy fineness designation appear beneath the arms in the lower field. A circumferential legend arcs around the upper periphery reading РЭСПУБЛИКА БЕЛАРУСЬ (Republic of Belarus), while the denomination 1000 РУБЛЁЎ (1000 Rubles) is inscribed along the lower border. |
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| Obverse lettering | РЭСПУБЛИКА БЕЛАРУСЬ Au 999 2007 1000 РУБЛЁЎ (Translation: THE REPUBLIC OF BELARUS Au 999 2007 1000 RUBLES) |
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Belarus issued a series of large-format gold pieces in the 2000s aimed squarely at the international collector market, and this 155.5g piece is among the more substantial of them. The Bolshoi Ballet of Belarus — based in Minsk, not Moscow, and formally distinct from its more famous Russian counterpart — has operated continuously since 1933 and survived wholesale relocation during the Nazi occupation of the city in World War II, when the company evacuated to Kaunas and later Gorky.
Mintages on these Belarusian collector issues were typically very low, often under 500 pieces globally. At five troy ounces of .999 gold, acquisition was never incidental.