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10 Lari 2000th anniversary of the birth of Christ. Bimetallic

Issuer National Bank of Georgia
Year 2000
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Value 10 Lari
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Reverse description The copper-nickel centre displays the stylised denomination numeral '10' alongside the Georgian Mkhedruli script rendering of 'Lari', elegantly interlaced in a decorative calligraphic composition occupying the full inner disc. The nickel-brass outer ring bears the legend 'NATIONAL BANK OF GEORGIA' in Georgian Mkhedruli script around the upper and lower circumference, with the date 2000 inscribed at the base of the ring.
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Reverse lettering ათი ლარი 10 საქართველოს ეროვნული ბანკი 2000
(Translation: TEN LARI 10 NATIONAL BANK OF GEORGIA 2000)
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Georgia's 2000th anniversary issue came at a particularly charged moment — the country had only recently stabilized its currency after the catastrophic collapse of the coupon, introducing the lari in 1995 following years of hyperinflation and civil conflict. Issuing a commemorative of this weight in bimetallic format was a deliberate signal of institutional confidence from the newly established National Bank.

Christianity has been the state religion of Georgia since 337 AD, one of the earliest formal adoptions anywhere in the world, which gives the millennial subject matter more local resonance than a generic calendar milestone.

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