2 rubli BELARUS (from 2016)

in the coin centre Coat of Arms of Belarus; along the top edge: БЕЛАРУСЬ (Belarus); along the bottom edge year of issue 2009; along the left and right edges Belarusian ornaments

in the coin centre face value: 2; on the left side diagonally upwards: РУБЛІ (rubli); on the left and right sides Belarusian ornaments

plain with concave inscription: + БЕЛАРУСЬ + БЕЛАРУСЬ + БЕЛАРУСЬ (Belarus repeated three times)

1 VII 2016

still in circulation

Святлана Някрасава
(Svyatlana Nyakrasava)

Lietuvos Monetų Kalykla (The Lithuanian Mint), Vilnius, Lithuania

2009

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Belarusian coins were produced with the date 2009 because they were prepared for the monetary reform aimed that year. Eventually, the ruble [BYR] was only devalued in 2009 and the National Bank started waiting for a better economic situation. In the meantime, it was decided that a two-ruble coins would be also needed and such were ordered back-dated to 2009 as the previous types. The coins were finally issued in 2016 as the Belarusian ruble coins [BYN]. They were the first circulation coins of independent Belarus in its history.