Catalog
50 Roubles Light blue
| Issuer | Belarus |
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| Year | 1992 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse lettering | Рэспубліка Беларусь КАРТКА СПАЖЫЎЦА на 50 рублёў Прозвішча __________ Кім выдадзена __________ Кіраўнік __________ Галоўны бухгалтар __________ М. П. ПАДРОБКА ПРАСЛЕДУЕЦЦА ПА ЗАКОНУ (Translation: Republic of Belarus, Consumer card for 50 Rubles, Last name/Issuing authority/Administrator/Chief accountant, Counterfeit is prosecuted by law) |
| Reverse description | Reverse is blank, with no printed design, text, or security features. |
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Belarus issued its first roubles in 1992 as a transitional currency — officially called the Belarusian rouble but initially introduced as a parallel tender alongside Soviet roubles still circulating after the USSR's dissolution. The sheer size of this note reflects Soviet-era banknote conventions still governing the newly independent state's printing specifications at the time.
The "Light blue" color designation in the catalog distinguishes it from a darker variant of the same denomination issued concurrently — a known parallel within the series, not a printing error. P#A11 places it in the pre-Pick numbering block assigned to these transitional issues, which were superseded relatively quickly as hyperinflation drove denominations into the thousands by mid-decade.