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20 Roubles
| Issuer | Republic of Belarus |
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| Year | 1992 |
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| Value | 20 Roubles |
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| Obverse description | Consumer ration card sheet comprising twelve individual coupons arranged in a three-row grid, each coupon bearing an olive-yellow guilloche underprint with the denomination numeral and Cyrillic inscriptions. The central registry panel, set against a plain white ground and framed by horizontal security microtext bands reading ДЗЯРЖЗНАКБЕЛАРУСІ, carries handwritten entry lines for the holder's surname, issuing authority, administrator, and chief accountant, along with an official seal space. A bold anti-counterfeiting warning is printed at the foot of the central panel. |
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| Obverse lettering | Рэспубліка Беларусь КУПОН адзін рубель пяць рублёў КАРТКА СПАЖЫЎЦА на 20 рублёў Прозвішча __________ Кім выдадзена __________ Кіраўнік __________ Галоўны бухгалтар __________ М. П. ПАДРОБКА ПРАСЛЕДУЕЦЦА ПА ЗАКОНУ ДЗЯРЖЗНАКБЕЛАРУСІ |
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Belarus launched its own currency in 1992 following the collapse of the Soviet Union, but these early roubles were not initially introduced as a permanent national currency — they circulated alongside Soviet and then Russian roubles during a deeply unstable transitional period. The P#A10 designation reflects its provisional status in the Pick catalogue, distinguishing it from the later consolidated rouble series.
Microtext was the primary security measure, modest by any standard, though adequate given that counterfeiting infrastructure in the region at the time was limited. Inflation rendered these notes economically obsolete within a few years of issue.