Catalog
100 000 Kuponi
| Issuer | National Bank of Georgia |
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| Year | 1993 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | A panoramic vignette of old Tbilisi occupies the right portion of the note, with the wooded slopes of Mount Mtatsminda rising in the background. The denomination numeral is positioned to the left, accompanied by the issuer's title in Georgian script. A decorative border of traditional Georgian ornamental motifs frames the composition. |
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| Reverse description | The left two-thirds of the reverse are dominated by a large vignette of the Vardzia cave monastery complex, rendered in olive-green tones against a peach-toned underprint, with the rock-hewn arched facades and cliff face depicted in fine detail. A vertical guilloche band separates the architectural vignette from the right panel, which carries the large numeral "100000" flanked by two decorative Georgian-style knot ornaments and two concentric square devices in orange. The entire field is enclosed within a border of traditional Georgian cross and scroll motifs at the corners. |
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Georgia's coupon currency — the kuponi — was introduced as a transitional instrument after the Soviet ruble became unworkable, but the system itself was poorly controlled and rapidly destroyed by hyperinflation. By late 1993 and into 1994, denominations had escalated from single figures to six-digit values within roughly two years, a compression of monetary collapse that few post-Soviet states matched in speed.
The 100,000 kuponi is among the highest denominations of the series before Georgia replaced the kuponi entirely with the lari in 1995 at a conversion rate of one lari to one million kuponi.