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50.000 Rublëy
| Issuer | Natsiyanal'ny Bank Respubliki Belarus' |
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| Year | 2000 |
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| Currency | Ruble (1992-date) |
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| Obverse lettering | БІЛЕТ НАЦЫЯНАЛЬНАГА БАНКА РЭСПУБЛІКІ БЕЛАРУСЬ 50000 ПЯЦЬДЗЕСЯТ ТЫСЯЧ РУБЛЁЎ МІРСКІ ЗАМАК 2000 |
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| Reverse lettering | ПЯЦЬДЗЕСЯТ ТЫСЯЧ РУБЛЁЎ 50000 Выдадзена Саветам Нацыянальнага Рэзерва Беларусі Нацыянальным банкам Рэспублікі Беларусь |
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Belarus redenominated in 2000, lopping three zeroes off the 1992–1999 ruble series — meaning this 50,000-ruble note was the direct successor to the old 50,000,000-ruble denomination that inflation had made necessary during the chaos of the mid-1990s. The National Bank issued the new series partly to restore public confidence in a currency that had lost the better part of its value in under a decade.
The cotton substrate and basic security package reflect the period's fiscal constraints. Belarus would redenominate again in 2016, this time removing four zeroes, rendering even this 2000-series note a relic of incomplete stabilization.