The kuponi was Georgia's transitional currency, introduced in 1993 after the country left the Soviet ruble zone under acute economic pressure. Hyperinflation rapidly destroyed its purchasing power — by 1994, denominations had climbed to the hundreds of thousands, and the 150,000 kuponi sits near the top of that inflationary spiral. The currency was replaced entirely by the lari in 1995, at a conversion rate of one million kuponi to one lari.
The print date of 30 April 1945 almost certainly reflects a plate date inherited from an earlier or repurposed design — it has no relationship to Georgian monetary history and warrants scrutiny on any example.
The kuponi was Georgia's transitional currency, introduced in 1993 after the country left the Soviet ruble zone under acute economic pressure. Hyperinflation rapidly destroyed its purchasing power — by 1994, denominations had climbed to the hundreds of thousands, and the 150,000 kuponi sits near the top of that inflationary spiral. The currency was replaced entirely by the lari in 1995, at a conversion rate of one million kuponi to one lari.
The print date of 30 April 1945 almost certainly reflects a plate date inherited from an earlier or repurposed design — it has no relationship to Georgian monetary history and warrants scrutiny on any example.