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Worldwide Coins & Bank Notes => European Coins => Topic started by: Mortyr2012 on June 15, 2009, 01:10:44 AM

Title: Belarus' first set of circulating coins
Post by: Mortyr2012 on June 15, 2009, 01:10:44 AM

Belarus will issue it's first circulating coins this year..
Do you guys know somebody who lives in Belarus? It's pretty interesting and I would love to get these sets for me and some good friends of mine :)

(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_MmnBw8tvevI/SjZAi9vDh8I/AAAAAAAAAu8/vp3ApUKNaZI/s400/belarus.jpg)

Title: Re: Belarus' first set of circulating coins
Post by: Sap on June 15, 2009, 08:27:59 PM

Interesting to hear that. Belarus is the last of the former Soviet republics to issue it's own circulating coins.

Title: Re: Belarus' first set of circulating coins
Post by: Triggersmob on June 15, 2009, 11:42:17 PM

Great looking coins, wouldn't mind a set of those myself.

Title: Re: Belarus' first set of circulating coins
Post by: CoinCrusader42 on June 16, 2009, 05:21:23 AM

Nice, clean, uncluttered appearance.

Very interesting coins.

 :) :) :) :)

Title: Re: Belarus' first set of circulating coins
Post by: Mortyr2012 on June 16, 2009, 07:47:05 AM

There is one guy in Belarus who I am writing Emails with, who is not really sure about whether these coins are really going to be in circulating at the end of the year. He says that currently the economy is not stable enough to issue coins. Let's see whether these coins are simply test strikes or circulating coins. I may get a set of rolls at the end of the year if they get released..

Title: Re: Belarus' first set of circulating coins
Post by: scottishmoney on June 16, 2009, 07:56:18 AM

Belarus must be a pretty lousy place to live, I sure see a lot of their license plates in Donets'k, and we are not on the border with Belarus either.  I need to find out why they come here to Ukraine.

Title: Re: Belarus' first set of circulating coins
Post by: Nighthawk on June 16, 2009, 11:18:11 AM

Very nice coins!!!  ;D

Title: Re: Belarus' first set of circulating coins
Post by: Mortyr2012 on June 18, 2009, 12:28:52 AM

After a while it turned out that these coins were just specimen that were minted in Slovakia.. So, unfortunately no coins that will be found in circulation :(

Title: Re: Belarus' first set of circulating coins
Post by: scottishmoney on June 18, 2009, 05:06:15 PM

I read the article in a Belarusian site, they are not actually circulating coins, only a proposal.  Guess Belarus is off for adopting the Russian ruble as currency though.  If they ever make circulating coins people will hoard them like they do here in Ukraine, I argue with people about change in restaurants, stores etc.  It is disgusting.  Metal always worth more than paper.