Catalog
100 000 Kuponi
| Issuer | National Bank of Georgia |
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| Year | 1994 |
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| Currency | Kuponi (1993-1995) |
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| Obverse lettering | კუპონი საქართველოს ეროვნული ბანკი 1994 100000 ასი ათასი (Translation: Kuponi, National Bank of Georgia, 1994, 100000, One Hundred Thousand) |
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| Variants | P#48Aa - printed on old paper stock (security thread, large rhomboid watermark) P#48Ab - printed on new paper (thin elongated rhomboid watermark) |
| Comments |
The kuponi was Georgia's transitional currency, introduced after independence when the Soviet ruble collapsed but before the country could stabilize enough to launch a permanent monetary system. Rampant inflation drove denominations into the hundreds of thousands almost immediately — this 100,000 note, issued in 1994, was a direct consequence of that spiral, not an outlier.
The printed date of 30 April 1945 is a watermark date inherited from the paper stock itself, not a misprint or error in the conventional sense. Georgian kuponi notes were produced on pre-existing security paper, and that manufacturing date embedded in the substrate has caused persistent confusion among collectors ever since.