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200 Roubles
| Issuer | Republic of Belarus |
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| Year | 1992 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Light pink consumer ration card comprising a sheet of 28 individual coupons of varying denominations (1, 3, 5, 10, and 25 roubles), printed in red numerals on a repetitive guilloche-patterned background, each coupon inscribed with "Рэспубліка Беларусь / КУПОН" and its respective face value in Belarusian. A central white registry panel bears the card title, total value designation, and blank lines for the holder's surname, issuing authority, administrator, and chief accountant, with an anti-counterfeiting warning at the foot. |
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| Obverse lettering | Рэспубліка Беларусь КАРТКА СПАЖЫЎЦА на 200 рублёў Прозвішча __________ Кім выдадзена __________ Кіраўнік __________ Галоўны бухгалтар __________ М. П. ПАДРОБКА ПРАСЛЕДУЕЦЦА ПА ЗАКОНУ (Translation: Republic of Belarus, Consumer card for 200 Rubles, Last name/Issuing authority/Administrator/Chief accountant, Counterfeit is prosecuted by law) |
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Belarus launched its own currency in 1992 after independence from the Soviet Union, initially introducing a series of low-denomination ruble coupons before scaling up. This 200-rouble note belongs to the first substantive paper money series issued under the new republic — a period of extraordinary monetary instability, during which inflation would eventually render the entire early series worthless within a few years and necessitate a full redenomination in 1994.
The Pick reference A23 places this among the provisional issues catalogued separately from the main series, reflecting some uncertainty in early attribution of the 1992 Belarusian notes.