1000 Roubles Chinese calendar

Belarus has issued large-format silver pieces in this series before, but the 1500-gram weight puts this among the heaviest circulation-adjacent commemoratives produced by any post-Soviet central bank. The National Bank of Belarus has used oversized silver formats since the early 2000s to target the collector export market, a revenue strategy that became increasingly important as Western sanctions tightened following the 2020 disputed election and subsequent political isolation.