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10 Roubles Belarusian Orthodox Church; emergency issue - denominated
| Issuer | Belarusian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate / Savings Bank of the Republic of Belarus |
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| Year | 1994 |
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| Size | 196 x 75 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | БЛАГОТВОРИТЕЛЬНЫЙ БИЛЕТ Белорусской Православной Церкви Московского Патриархата Деноминация 10 руб 10000 ДЕСЯТЬ ТЫСЯЧ РУБЛЕЙ СБЕРЕГАТЕЛЬНЫЙ БАНК РЕСПУБЛИКИ БЕЛАРУСЬ 1994 (Translation: Charity ticket issued by Belarusian Orthodox Church Moscow Patriarchate Denomination 10 Rub Ten Thousand Rubles 10000 Savings Bank of the Republic of Belarus) |
| Reverse description | Text-only reverse bearing a printed explanatory statement regarding the purpose and distribution of the charity tickets. Two facsimile signatures appear below: the Metropolitan of Minsk and Slutsk, Patriarchal Exarch of All Belarus, and the Chairman of the Savings Bank of the Republic of Belarus. |
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In the early 1990s, the newly independent Belarus faced chronic coin shortages as Soviet-era kopek denominations collapsed in value and minting infrastructure struggled to keep pace with inflation. Several institutions — churches among them — were permitted to issue locally circulating vouchers and scrip to fill the gap. This note was produced under that arrangement, with the Savings Bank of the Republic of Belarus providing nominal financial backing while the Belarusian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate served as the issuing authority.
The arrangement was short-lived and geographically limited. Surviving examples are disproportionately scarce given how recently they were issued — most were redeemed or discarded once the acute shortage passed.