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50 Roubles Light blue
| Issuer | Belarus |
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| Year | 1992 |
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| Currency | Ruble (1992-2000) |
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| Obverse description | Light blue marbled underprint covers the entire sheet, which is divided into 28 detachable coupons arranged in a grid pattern. A central white registry panel bears printed Cyrillic text with blank lines for handwritten entries including surname, issuing authority, administrator, and chief accountant, along with a space for an official seal. A bold anti-counterfeiting warning in Cyrillic is printed within the registry area. |
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| Reverse description | Reverse is blank, with no printed design, text, or security features. |
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Belarus issued its first roubles in 1992 as a transitional currency — officially called the Belarusian rouble but initially introduced as a parallel tender alongside Soviet roubles still circulating after the USSR's dissolution. The sheer size of this note reflects Soviet-era banknote conventions still governing the newly independent state's printing specifications at the time.
The "Light blue" color designation in the catalog distinguishes it from a darker variant of the same denomination issued concurrently — a known parallel within the series, not a printing error. P#A11 places it in the pre-Pick numbering block assigned to these transitional issues, which were superseded relatively quickly as hyperinflation drove denominations into the thousands by mid-decade.