500 Roubles

Belarus introduced its own currency in 1992 as the Soviet ruble collapsed, and this 500-rouble note belongs to the first domestic emission — a series now collectively called "zaichiki" (little hares) after the fauna-themed designs that dominated the lower denominations. The nickname stuck hard enough that it passed into everyday Belarusian idiom for paper money generally, which says something about public attachment to the series despite its short useful life.

Hyperinflation rendered the entire 1992 emission obsolete within a few years. A print run of just over twelve million is modest for a denomination that would quickly become worth almost nothing.