Catalog
20 000 Roubles
| Issuer | National Bank of the Republic of Belarus |
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| Year | 1994 |
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| Value | 20 000 Roubles (20 000 BYB) |
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| Obverse lettering | НАЦЫЯНАЛЬНЫ БАНК РЭСПУБЛІКІ БЕЛАРУСЬ РАЗЛІКОВЫ БІЛЕТ 20 000 ДВАЦЦАЦЬ ТЫСЯЧ РУБЛЁЎ 1994 НБРБ СТАРШЫНЯ ПРАЎЛЕННЯ (Translation: National Bank of the Republic of Belarus, Payment ticket, Twenty Thousand Rubles, 1994, NBRB, Chairman of the Board) |
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| Reverse lettering | ПАДРОБКА РАЗЛІКОВЫХ БІЛЕТАЎ НАЦЫЯНАЛЬНАГА БАНКА БЕЛАРУСІ ПРАСЛЕДУЕЦЦА ПА ЗАКОНУ ДВАЦЦАЦЬ ТЫСЯЧ РУБЛЁЎ 20 000 (Translation: Forgery of banknotes of the National Bank of Belarus is prosecuted by law, Twenty Thousand Rubles) |
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Belarus issued this denomination as part of its first independent currency series, introduced after the Soviet rouble ceased to function as a viable medium of exchange. The 1994 notes were printed in relatively modest quantities by post-Soviet standards — 12.175 million for this value — reflecting both the instability of the period and the practical difficulty of calibrating supply against hyperinflationary demand.
The watermark is the sole security feature, which tells you something about the procurement constraints the newly independent National Bank was working under.