The money in Belarus, Belarus

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The money in Belarus are called "rubel" though Russian variant of the name "ruble" can be (and is) used with relation to Belarusian money .

Currently there are notes ranging from 1 to 20 000 rubles. No coins are used in Belarus for circulation. Only a small amount of commemorative coins is produced.

For the use in metro there are special plastic cards and tokens. Smart cards (plastic cards with microchips) are used for public payphones.

There are not many vending machines in Belarus and if there is one – tokens will be sold somewhere at the nearby newspaper stand or other small retailer.

You can bring with you as much cash as you want (though try to be reasonable not to bring too large amounts like hundreds of thousands of dollars) you will only need to declare how much you have at the customs.

The different thing is with taking money out of the country. You can take more than US$ 500 when you are leaving Belarus only if you have a document confirming that you have brought the exceeding amount of cash with you to the territory of Belarus within the last 12 month (usually that is the customs declaration that you get on the border/point of entry) or you have a document confirming that you have purchased this currency for Belarusian rubles in a Belarusian bureau de change (normally, there are no problems with obtaining either one of the documents, just do not forget to do that).

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