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20 000 Kuponi
| Issuer | National Bank of Georgia |
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| Year | 1993-1994 |
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| In circulation to | 2 October 1995 |
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| Reverse description | The design is dominated by four ornate vignettes of grape bunches with acanthus-scroll foliage arranged at each corner of the note, forming a decorative frame around the central denomination area. The large numeral '20000' is printed in outline figures at centre, flanked above and below by the Georgian script denomination within a lozenge-patterned guilloche underprint in violet and pink tones. The overall composition draws on traditional Georgian viticulture symbolism. |
| Reverse lettering | ოცი ათასი 20000 ოცი ათასი (Translation: Twenty Thousand 20000 Twenty Thousand) |
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| Comments |
Georgia's kuponi series was never intended to be a permanent currency — it was a transitional instrument introduced after the collapse of the Soviet ruble zone, bridging the gap until the lari could be established in 1995. The 20,000 denomination reflects the hyperinflationary spiral that gripped the Georgian economy in 1993–94, when inflation ran at several thousand percent annually and lower kuponi values became functionally worthless within months of printing.
At roughly 12 million printed, this is not a rare note, but surviving examples in clean condition are less common than the print run suggests — heavy circulation in a cash-dependent economy during a period of severe civil conflict took a toll on the physical stock.