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10 Lari 2000th Anniversary of the Birth of Christ. Copper-nickel
| Issuer | National Bank of Georgia |
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| Year | 2000 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#88, Schön#15 |
| Obverse description | Central heraldic shield bearing a cross design with the Sacred Gown of Christ depicted at its center. The shield is surrounded by a circular legend in the Georgian script commemorating the 2000th anniversary of the birth of Christ. The composition is executed in a formal heraldic style with fine relief detailing. |
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| Reverse script | Georgian |
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Georgia's 2000th anniversary commemorative was issued just two years after the country had weathered a catastrophic economic collapse and civil war that left the lari itself barely functional as a currency. The National Bank issued this piece during a period when public confidence in Georgian coinage was still fragile — commemoratives like this one served partly as a demonstration of institutional normalcy.
Georgia adopted Christianity as its state religion in 337 AD, making it one of the earliest Christian nations on record. That history gives this millennium issue a resonance specific to Georgia that most other year-2000 commemoratives from secular states simply lack.