Catalog
200 Roubles
| Issuer | National Bank of Belarus |
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| Year | 1992 |
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| Value | 200 Roubles (200 BYB) |
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| Reverse lettering | ПАДРОБКА РАЗЛІКОВЫХ БІЛЕТАЎ НАЦЫЯНАЛЬНАГА БАНКА БЕЛАРУСІ ПРАСЛЕДУЕЦЦА ПА ЗАКОНУ РАЗАЛІКОВЫ БІЛЕТ НАЦЫЯНАЛЬНАГА БАНКА БЕЛАРУСІ 1992 (Translation: Forgery of banknotes of the National Bank of Belarus is prosecuted by law. Payment ticket of the National Bank of Belarus. 1992.) |
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| Protection description | Watermark visible when held to light; exact motif not confirmed from catalog sources. |
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Belarus issued its first independent currency series in 1992 while still navigating the collapse of Soviet monetary infrastructure. The ruble zone was disintegrating, and Minsk needed circulating notes fast — speed, not sophistication, defined the early issues. The single watermark was essentially the minimum credible security for a sovereign note at the time.
Pick 9 is part of the so-called "Zaichiki" series, named after the animals depicted across the denominations — a nickname that stuck hard enough to define the entire 1992 issue in popular memory.