Catalog
2 Lari
| Issuer | National Bank of Georgia |
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| Year | 1995 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Reverse description | Central intaglio vignette of the Tbilisi Zakaria Paliashvili State Opera and Ballet Theatre, rendered in fine line engraving with a horse-drawn carriage in the foreground. Large numeral '2' appears at both left and right edges against a multicolour guilloche underprint in warm orange and red tones, with the Georgian script denomination vertical at the left margin. A concentric-circle latent image security element is printed in the lower left corner. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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Georgia's first post-Soviet banknote series, introduced in 1995, replaced the short-lived coupon currency (the kuponi) that had circulated since 1993 under catastrophic inflation. The lari redenomination was set at one lari to one million kuponi — a ratio that tells you everything about the preceding three years.
Oberthur Fiduciaire produced the series in France at a time when the Georgian state had almost no domestic printing infrastructure. The 2 Lari is among the lower denominations and saw heavy everyday use; worn examples significantly outnumber clean ones in the market.