Catalog
10 Lari
| Issuer | National Bank of Georgia |
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| Year | 1999 |
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| Size | 125 × 63 mm |
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| Reverse description | A reproduction of a fragment from David Kakabadze's celebrated painting 'Imereti. My Mother' occupies the central field, rendered in warm tonal tones. Ornamental grapevine branches extend from both the left and right margins as decorative borders, evoking traditional Georgian motifs. The denomination and bilingual inscriptions in Georgian and English appear within the composition. |
| Reverse lettering | 10 ათი ლარი Georgia Ten Lari დ, კაკაბაძე. იმერეთი.დედაჩემი (Translation: Ten lari D. Kakabadze. Imereti. Mother of Mine) |
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Georgia's National Bank launched a new currency series in 1995 following the catastrophic hyperinflation that had destroyed the coupon-based interim currency — the lari replaced the kuponi at a rate of one million to one. By 1999, when this note was issued, the country was still recovering from the combined economic damage of two separatist conflicts in Abkhazia and South Ossetia, and CBN in Ottawa had been contracted to produce the series at a time when Georgia had no domestic printing capacity worth the name.
The Canadian Bank Note Company's involvement was a practical choice driven by security and infrastructure, not prestige.