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5000 Roubles
| Issuer | National Bank of the Republic of Belarus |
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| Year | 1998 |
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| Value | 5000 Roubles (5000 BYB) |
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| Obverse lettering | 5000 ПЯЦЬ ТЫСЯЧ РУБЛЁЎ (Translation: Five Thousand Rubles) |
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| Protection description | Watermark visible in the unprinted left margin of the obverse, showing repeated Cyrillic text of the Republic of Belarus. |
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| Comments |
The 1998 Belarusian rouble series was issued against a backdrop of chronic post-Soviet hyperinflation that had already forced multiple redenominations through the decade. By 1998, the 5000-rouble note represented a denomination that would have been unthinkable at independence in 1991, when the coupon ruble was introduced partly to protect Belarusian reserves from cross-border arbitrage with Russia.
A print run just over 12 million is modest for a high-denomination note in an inflationary economy, suggesting it entered circulation late in the series life before another redenomination made it obsolete. The watermark is the sole security provision — no thread, no foil — which reflects the cost constraints of the National Bank at the time.