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50 Roubles
| Issuer | Republic of Belarus |
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| Year | 1992 |
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| Value | 50 Roubles |
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| Obverse description | Dark blue consumer ration card printed on white paper, comprising a sheet of 28 individual coupons arranged in rows, each coupon inscribed 'КУПОН' with a face value denomination and 'Рэспубліка Беларусь' in repeat text underprint. A central white registry panel, framed within a guilloche border, carries the official title 'КАРТКА СПАЖЫЎЦА на 50 рублёў' and printed lines for handwritten entries including surname, issuing authority, administrator, and chief accountant, with a circular official stamp impression visible. The lower margin of the registry panel bears the anti-counterfeiting warning 'ПАДРОБКА ПРАСЛЕДУЕЦЦА ПА ЗАКОНУ'. |
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| Variants | P#A13a - full sheet of 28 Coupons P#A13b - single coupon |
| Comments |
Belarus issued its first independent currency series in 1992 while still using Russian rubles in parallel — these early notes were transitional instruments introduced before the Belarusian ruble formally replaced Soviet-era currency. The 50 Rubles at this denomination sat in awkward territory: too small to handle serious transactions in an economy already experiencing post-Soviet inflation, yet still part of the first sovereign series the National Bank of Belarus put into circulation.
The Pick reference A13 denotes an unlisted or provisional catalog entry, suggesting this note may have been documented after the primary series was cataloged — not unusual given how chaotic the early-1990s currency literature was for the former Soviet republics.