Catalog
5 Lari
| Issuer | National Bank of Georgia |
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| Year | 1995 |
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| Printer | Oberthur Fiduciaire, France |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is dominated by an intaglio portrait of the Georgian historian and founder of Tbilisi State University, Ivane Javakhishvili (1876–1940), set at centre against a multicolour guilloche underprint. The Borjgali solar symbol appears at upper left as a decorative device, with the denomination numeral to the right of the portrait. Serial numbers are printed at lower left and upper right, with Georgian inscriptions identifying the issuer and subject. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents an architectural vignette of Tbilisi State University at right centre, rendered in fine engraved detail, accompanied by a cartographic representation of Georgia to the left. A sculptural lion figure appears adjacent to the university vignette, with the denomination expressed in both Georgian script and English framing the composition alongside bilingual institutional inscriptions. |
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| Protection description | Repeated Borjgali motif — the traditional Georgian symbol of the sun and eternity |
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