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10 000 Kuponi digit '3' in denominator
| Issuer | National Bank of Georgia |
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| Year | 1993 |
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| Currency | Kuponi (1993-1995) |
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| Obverse description | Vignette of old Tbilisi to the right, with Mount Mtatsminda visible in the background; denomination numeral at left. Inscriptions in Georgian Mkhedruli script identify the issuing authority and currency unit. |
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| Reverse description | Central vignette in rose and ochre tones presents the Vardzia cave monastery complex carved into the cliff face, with arched galleries and rock-cut chambers rendered in fine detail at left; a large numeral '10000' appears at upper left and a bold numeral '1000' occupies the right panel within a guilloche-bordered cartouche flanked by ornamental cross motifs at each corner. |
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The Georgian kuponi was a transitional currency, introduced as a coupon-based parallel tender before Georgia could establish a fully sovereign monetary system following the Soviet collapse. These high-denomination notes appeared rapidly as inflation accelerated through 1993, rendering earlier low-denomination kuponi essentially worthless within months of issue. The series was replaced by the lari in 1995.
The "digit '3' in denominator" designation refers to a specific plate variant — a known typographic difference in how the denomination numeral was rendered, used by cataloguers to distinguish printings within what otherwise appears to be a uniform issue.