2 Roubles

Belarus introduced a bimetallic rouble coinage series in 2009 partly as a response to chronic small-denomination inflation that had rendered lower-value coins essentially worthless in daily transactions. The National Bank had struggled for years to stabilize a currency that lost catastrophic value during the 1990s — at its worst, the Belarusian rouble had depreciated so severely that the country briefly considered monetary union with Russia as the only viable exit. These higher-denomination coins were a deliberate signal of stabilization, however fragile that proved: a further devaluation crisis hit in 2011.