Catalog
20 Lari
| Issuer | National Bank of Georgia |
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| Year | 1999 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette bears a portrait of Ilia Chavchavadze (1837–1907), the celebrated Georgian writer, poet, and public figure, accompanied by an inscription bearing his name and life dates. The composition integrates vignettes referencing the literary journals Sakartvelos Moambe and Iveria, both founded by Chavchavadze, alongside representations of his personal effects, set against a guilloché underprint. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents an equestrian sculpture of King Vakhtang Gorgasali, the 5th-century founder of Tbilisi, flanked by a cartographic vignette reproducing an 18th-century map of Tbilisi attributed to the geographer Vakhushti Bagrationi. A panoramic composition of the historic Narikala fortress and the old city of Tbilisi completes the design, rendered against a guilloché underprint. |
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| Protection type | Watermark, Security thread |
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