Catalog
5000 Roubles
| Issuer | National Bank of Belarus |
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| Year | 1992 |
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| In circulation to | 31 December 2003 |
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| Obverse lettering | 5000 ПЯЦЬ ТЫСЯЧ РУБЛЁЎ (Translation: Five Thousand Rubles) |
| Reverse description | The Pahonia — the historic coat-of-arms vignette of a mounted armoured knight at full gallop, sword raised and shield bearing a double cross — is set at centre within a series of concentric multicolour guilloche rosettes in pink, gold, and violet. Numeral '5000' in bold purple appears flanked symmetrically at left and right on a gold elliptical underprint. The bank title inscription runs along the lower margin in a purple serif letterpress band, with the year date '1992' to the right, and a small anti-counterfeiting legend in small type at the upper right margin. |
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Belarus introduced its own currency in 1992 following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, but the transition was awkward — the first rublei notes circulated alongside Soviet roubles for a period, and public confidence in the new paper was limited from the outset. The 5000 denomination sat at the high end of the original 1992 series, though hyperinflation rendered it essentially worthless within a few years, eventually necessitating redenominations that would strip multiple zeros from successor issues.
Security is minimal for a note of this face value — a single watermark, no thread, no sophisticated printing features. The series was produced quickly under difficult economic conditions, and it shows.