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2 Lari
| Issuer | National Bank of Georgia |
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| Year | 1999 |
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| Reference(s) | P#62 |
| Obverse description | Portrait of Georgian composer Zakaria Paliashvili (1871–1933) at right in a right-facing vignette, accompanied by a musical score excerpt from his opera 'Abesalom and Eteri' in the centre; the Borjghali solar symbol appears at left within a multicolour guilloche underprint, with serial numbers at upper right and lower left. The denomination numeral '2' is at right, below which appear the facsimile signatures of the Minister of Finance and the President of the National Bank of Georgia. |
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| Reverse lettering | 2 ორი ლარი თბილისის ოპერისა და ბალეტის ეროვნული თეატრი 1887 GEORGIA TWO LARI (Translation: 2 Two Lari, Tbilisi National Opera and Ballet Theatre, 1887, Georgia Two Lari) |
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Georgia's initial post-Soviet banknote series, introduced after the catastrophic hyperinflation of the early 1990s that had rendered the transitional coupon currency worthless, was designed by the Georgian artist Giorgi Japaridze. The 1995–1999 lari series restored public confidence in a physical currency after years of monetary collapse — a rare case where a new denomination actually circulated widely and was trusted almost immediately upon introduction.
The 1999 date places this note in the second year of the series' full production run. Watermark-only security at this denomination reflected the National Bank's tiered approach, with more sophisticated features reserved for higher values.