Mortyr2012 Posted June 15, 2009 Report Share Posted June 15, 2009 Hi, just wanted to inform you guys about the fact, that Belarus will issue it's first circulating coins this year. Here is a picture of their coins : Marvin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedeadpoint Posted June 15, 2009 Report Share Posted June 15, 2009 They never have? They aren't part of the EU? Thanks for sharing, Marvin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Posted June 15, 2009 Report Share Posted June 15, 2009 Thanks Marvin. They look like nice coins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mortyr2012 Posted June 15, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 15, 2009 They never have? They aren't part of the EU? Thanks for sharing, Marvin No, the neither had circulating coins (afaik) nor are part of the European Union. Belarus isn't a candidate to become a member at all.. So far they only paid with banknotes. At the end of the year it seems like they are going to have coins and a monetary reform (1:1000), we'll see how it develops Marvin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottishmoney Posted June 15, 2009 Report Share Posted June 15, 2009 They never have? They aren't part of the EU? Thanks for sharing, Marvin Marvin is correct, they have never been a part of the EU, and no discussion of ever joining. For quite awhile until they started having disputes with Russia over paying for gas, it looked like Belarus was going to become a constituent republic of the Russian Federation. At least that is what the Belarusian president, Aleksandr Lukashenko thought, and that he somehow would get a leadership position in the new country. They have since found themselves on the outs with the Russians on border issues, and the all important paying for natural gas issue. Belarus has been through a couple of currencies already, they have never been able to issue coins before because inflation was not kept in check, and why issue coins if inflation is going to render them worthless? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottO Posted June 15, 2009 Report Share Posted June 15, 2009 they kinda remind me of the soviet issues on the obverse, guess its just a similar design to what they used to have, they look pleasing on the eye though, i like them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottishmoney Posted June 15, 2009 Report Share Posted June 15, 2009 they kinda remind me of the soviet issues on the obverse, Time has frozen in Belarus. There is another small breakaway country, Transnistria, that issues coins and still has the hammer and sickle device on them. I have been pretty close to the Transnistrian border in W. Ukraine late last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabbs Posted June 17, 2009 Report Share Posted June 17, 2009 Somehow the denominations of these "coins" do not really match the concept of a 1:1000 reform. Also, according to this article http://www.charter97.org/ru/news/2009/6/16/19184/ the pieces seem to be samples only that the mint in Kremnica made, nothing official thus. I know, the website is pretty much the contrary of what could be considered an official government source ... (And no, I do not speak Russian. But Google does, sort of. http://translate.google.com/translate?prev...history_state0= ) Christian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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