we can talk about money endlessly, it’s nice to look at, but more often we strive to own it. money is one of the greatest inventions of mankind that influenced the development of civilization, as well as the most replicated item that carries the most important information about '. which produces them. the money museum of the national bank of the republic of belarus is a collection of unique exhibits reflecting the history of financial institutions and banking activities, the history of money circulation on the territory of belarus, as well as the history of the national bank staff. the collection of the museum of money includes more than 53,000 museum objects. olga, good afternoon. hello. please tell us about the history of the museum and the purpose of this project. the decision to found the museum was

made in december 1996; in 1997 , the museum fund had already begun to form, that is, the first exhibit arrived there. in 2019 , an updated exhibition was opened, that is, our second hall, and the first visitors came to us. how was the exhibition formed? the initial purpose of creation is...

the grand duchy of lithuania, lithuanian denarii from the end of the 14th century, also a very, very rare find, and such a highlight of our collection, during the study of one of the complexes, a rare specimen was found, a lithuanian one and a half rak from 1652 , there are only 10 such specimens in the world, in the modern world, in our time does it happen that someone finds a treasure? of course, as they said...

mainly silver, copper appeared, well , quite late, in the middle of the 16th century the first copper coins appeared, and gold was not very typical for our region, it was mainly silver. if we talk about modernity, then of course our coins are circulating, that is, for monetary circulation, they are made from various base alloys, money is our banknotes.

a super natural product made from cotton paper, when the concepts of nomismatics and bannistics are heard, people generally understand what we are talking about, but what are sphragistics and foleristics? these are also special historical disciplines, suffragistics is a science that studies seals, impressions, stamps, seals, we have exhibits from the sfraga collection. like an ancient one, so modern ones, there are, for example, lead seals that were used to seal fur money, seals from the 12th century, and there are, for example, printing matrices for minting our commemorative coins. foleristics is also a science that studies awards, all kinds, orders, medals. our collection includes awards from our bank employees; the soviet era is also represented by office managers. state bank

of the ussr, that is, they were awarded a lot, there were people who made great efforts to restore, for example, the banking system after the war, this is precisely why they were awarded various awards. this is also present in our collection. tell us, what is involved in the architectural and artistic design of the halls? if we talk about our first hall, the one we are in, it was based on the legend of the kupala night, about the fern flower. kupala night, many went out into the deep forests to look for this magical fern flower, the fern flower. and it was believed that if a person finds this flower, he will begin to possess magical powers...

to this day, the national bank is represented as an issuing center, of course, it is designed in a modern key, as for commemorative coins, they are also presented there as collections, and you can also view them virtually, that is, this hall is also more modern, and the hall in where we are located - is it just a room or is there some kind of story? yes, this room is unique for us, you and i are now really in... a safe room, here was, was located the central storage facility in the soviet years, the storage facility of the belarusian republican office of the state bank, in fact there was paper money, partly gold, but basically it was a safe for storing cash, that is

, the money that the population used in those years, so in fact the room continues to partially function as a safe. the visual design of money is an important tool for promoting the state image. in 1994, with the approval of the belarusian ruble as the national currency, a kind of canon in the form of representation was fixed in its visual design belarusian architectural heritage, in particular views of minsk and brest. subsequently , by the year 2000, decentralization of plots occurs. in design. russian rubles use images of various cities , this canon is being transformed by 2009, banknotes in denominations of 50 rubles, 200 rubles, and 500 rubles are especially interesting, since masterpieces of belarusian

literature from various historical periods are literally woven into the national plot. we all know that a coin has an obverse side and a reverse side. lateral surface, edge or edge, is considered a third party. protects the coin from counterfeiting. it can be smooth, processed with small notches, or have inscriptions. all belarusian coins have an edging, border or edge of the coin that surrounds it around the perimeter and protects the surface of the obverse and reverse from abrasion. inserts made of precious and non-precious stones add decorativeness and festivity to commemorative coins. diamond inlay is made on coins with an environmental theme. several series use cubic zirconia inserts. and artificial zirconia crystals, in order to give expressiveness and emphasize the coloristic diversity, various color application technologies are used on the coins, the technique of colored cloisonne enamel, tampa and digital hologram printing. anna, good afternoon, good afternoon, we are in the hall

of the history of banking, please tell us about the unique exhibits and the concepts of this hall. it opened to visitors not long ago in 2019 and tells stories. financial and credit institutions on the territory of belarus, history establishment of the national bank , it should be said that we trace our history of financial and credit institutions not so long ago, from the end of the 19th century, primarily due to the fact that the first bank was opened in belarus with local capital, this is the gomel city public bank. probably the most interesting item presented here in our collection will be banknotes dating back to the period of the first world war and the period, one might say. restoration of soviet power, these are the first banknotes of the new state, and of course, we can say the beauty of our exhibition hall is made up of our commemorative coins, which are put into circulation by the national bank. how are commemorative coins created, with what frequency, and how are themes and events chosen? the first commemorative coin appeared

back in 1996, dedicated to the fiftieth anniversary of the united nations, since we do not have our own mint, it was produced. great britain, at the royal mint. today, commemorative coins that appear in circulation are made in kazakhstan. necessary to say that a plan is being formed to issue commemorative coins annually, and is being worked on. not only the staff of the national bank, the artists of the national bank, but also people who are professionals in one field or another, who help in the creation of our commemorative coins. the main mission of commemorative coins today is to tell about belarus far beyond its borders. what can you say about the aesthetic and artistic value of money? here are artists, they are the creators of millions, how a project is created from sketch to finished product project? surely.

our commemorative coins, this is the author’s idea, first of all, have such an interesting shape in order to convey her idea. coins dedicated to christian saints are often seen in the form of icons, which is why it has such an interesting rectangular or square shape. coins dedicated to belarusian artists are also their canvas, so they also have a traditional shape. the coin is dedicated to such a geographical object as the arc of the struv, which is located on the map, so the coin too. has a square shape, everything is connected in first of all, with what is depicted on the coin, as for old coins, why they are

not always of the traditional, even round shape, this is due to the method of producing such coins. the collection of our museum contains the most complete collection of belarusian commemorative coins; the most beautiful examples are presented in its exhibition. is it true that in the past coins were even used as jewelry? yes, especially small coins were used as decorations, so... these beads were collected, by the way, the more the woman was wearing beads, so her husband was rich. we know that real money is usually kept in a museum, but how can a person independently distinguish between a genuine and a counterfeit banknote? well, it should be said that today the money that we use with you is now very well protected at the international level. each banknote has from five to 20 degrees of protection, the lower the denomination, the less. degrees of protection. we, ordinary people, usually know 13 degrees of protection. seven degrees of protection are known

to professionals in order to distinguish super fakes. our banknotes, well, first of all, if we take such a banknote in our hands, we will look at the light in order to see the watermark, the first symbol that protects our money. the banknotes themselves are also of interest; they are made of cotton fiber, interspersed with small details. for people with impaired vision there are special elements, even horizontal but... the number of our banknotes has a convex volume so that it can be read to protect it, this is something that literally has no special means, we can determine with you, well, if we we'll bring that kind of money to the bank cash desk, then with a special device they will already be illuminated with ultraviolet light, by the way, our banknotes will not glow, because they are made of cotton in infrared radiation, some of the banknotes are not illuminated because they do not have a special paint, but please tell us what is an adding machine? an adding machine, in simple terms, is...

we have a special machine that stands at the bank’s cash desk, and there people will see with their own eyes the watermark, the metallized tape, and so on. the museum displays banknotes, which were released into circulation, but there are probably preserved sketches of money that we will never see. yes, of course, the collection of our museum includes not only the money that we used with you or are using today, and the money that we might have in circulation. these are separate sketches that were approved, but did not go into circulation; a separate album was created for this

; by looking through it, you can see what kind of money we could have had. but still, can money production be called art? of course, it is possible, first of all, because artists work on it, who create a work of art, be it coining or a series of banknotes, the money that we use with you today, and every product that they create takes pride of place at the national bank money museum. creating a sketch for a commemorative coin is a complex, painstaking creative process. deep study of themes, creativity, original design, and the use of new manufacturing technologies allow. commemorative coins enjoy continued popularity from numismatists and connoisseurs, to take prestigious places at international competitions and exhibitions. where do collectors find value? this is undoubtedly rare. among the coins , rare varieties, stamps, defects and shapes are distinguished. the banknotes include rare letter series and beautiful serial numbers.

banknotes in an ideal state of preservation, the so-called pressed banknotes, are valued. that is, those banknotes that... when they were not in circulation, also banknotes that have significant deviations from the norms, and some collectors even collect fakes. the urgent task of the artistic design of money is the formation of a collective cultural tradition and historical memory. many artifacts from the collection of the museum of money can fully be considered the national treasure of the country. they say money is a good servant, but a bad master. indeed, money is just a means. they will help you achieve it. goals, but will not replace you at the helm, and this is also the best investment in knowledge. yulia burlo was with you, we are following the cultural path together, we will see you in a week, until we meet again.

hello everyone, the sports television news agency project is on air. this is the main multi-sport program of belarusian television, tennis has been holding our attention for the second week, the first grand slam tournament of the season continues on the courts of melnburg, where a lot of interesting things are happening and where belarusians are in full view. victoria zarenko reached the 1/8 finals, aryna sabalenka reached the quarterfinals, and this is at least. the training session with the participation of alexandra sasnovich and yegor gerasimov is wrapping up right now. egor missed this year australian open, so i propose

to focus right now on the main events from melbourne, and then we’ll talk to egor. the first of two competitive weeks on the courts of the australian open gave a number of sensations, especially in the women 's singles draw, last year's finalist rybakina was eliminated at 1:32 of the final, and could not fly beyond the third round and world number one iga shventa, who was stopped by nineteen-year-old linda noskova, and sixteen-year-old russian wonderking mira andreeva stopped her way to sixth racket planets ons gills. as for ours, victoria reached the 1/8 finals, but there she lost to the ukrainian tennis player estremskaya, who admitted after the game that she had given so much strength that she could barely stand on her feet. arina sabalenka, at a good pace of play

, reached the quarterfinals, where she played with the ninth racket of the planet, barbara krechikova, and the belarusian was able to reach the semifinals. the first racket of the world men's ranking, serbian novak djokovic, gets better every year and continues to set records in australia, for example, he became the first tennis player in history, who played at least 100 matches in all grand slam tournaments. russian andrei rublev also holds a good tournament for himself, who, even in five games, ends the matches in his favor and even manages to save a grasshopper that accidentally ended up on the courts of melbourk. ahead of the decisive match at the australian open, starting with the quarter finals, tennis becomes a real art. how much the level of tennis has grown, the australian championship is such an opportunity to see, yes, how much the level of this is now on the planet sport, how much has it progressed recently? well, it seems to me that he is now at

his maximum level, because well , such are the speeds that they show. players have all aspects of endurance, speed , concentration at the highest level, so now, of course, tennis has progressed very much, well, young people understand that they can quickly, but why does djokovic continue, he just won right this year, why does he manage to do this at my, well, old age, and tennis age , maintaining this level is probably a lot factors associated with this, plus he adheres to all the diets that i don’t know are possible, in general he tries to support... the sleepy titans, now there is a large layer of tennis players, there are many more of them than the trinity, but who exactly can take their positions, here who is coming into the generation in your opinion of such a straight high-class about alcaraz ?