Catalog
5 000 000 Roubles
| Issuer | National Bank of the Republic of Belarus |
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| Year | 1999 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | The obverse presents a central vignette of the Sports Palace in Minsk, captioned in Cyrillic below the building. The large denomination numeral 5 000 000 appears in the upper left against a multicolour guilloche underprint incorporating traditional Belarusian folk ornamental patterns in red and blue on either side. The year 1999 is printed at the lower right, with the issuer's name and note designation running along the top margin. |
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| Reverse lettering | ПЯЦЬ МІЛЬЁНАЎ РУБЛЁЎ ПАДРОБКА РАЗЛІКОВЫХ БІЛЕТАЎ НАЦЫЯНАЛЬНАГА БАНКА БЕЛАРУСІ ПРАСЛЕДУЕЦЦА ПА ЗАКОНУ 5 000 000 (Translation: Five Million Rubles, Forgery of banknotes of the National Bank of Belarus is prosecuted by law) |
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Belarus redenominated in 2000, cutting five zeros, which means this five-million-rouble note became a 50-kopek piece overnight — worth half a rouble in the new system. The inflation that forced denominations this large was rooted in the economic collapse following Soviet dissolution and was compounded by Belarus's unusually prolonged resistance to structural reform under Lukashenko's early presidency.
P#20 is part of a short-lived series that was obsolete almost immediately after printing.