On February 10, Minsk / Anna Kot - BELTA /. A banknote with a face value of Br200 thousand will be put into circulation in Belarus on March 12 of the current year. This decision is contained in the resolution of the Board of the National Bank of Belarus No. 31 of January 31, 2012, the text of which is published on the National Legal Internet Portal. "To issue into circulation from March 12, 2012, a banknote of the National Bank of the Republic of Belarus of the 2000 sample with a face value of 200,000 rubles," the resolution states. The National Bank explained that to prevent counterfeiting, information on what the Br200 thousand banknote will look like is kept strictly confidential. Immediately before its release into circulation, the National Bank will hold a broad presentation of the new banknote to the public. -0-

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