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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 lettering | 5 ხუთი ლარი REPUBLIC OF GEORGIA თბილისის უნივერსიტეტი Five Lari 5 (Translation: Five Lari, Tbilisi University) |
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Georgia's first post-Soviet banknote series, introduced in 1995, replaced the short-lived coupon currency — the lari itself had been a unit of account in medieval Georgian kingdoms, a deliberate historical reference embedded in the naming decision rather than the design. Oberthur Fiduciaire handled the contract, as they did for several newly independent states navigating the logistical reality of having no domestic printing capacity whatsoever.
Security on this issue is minimal by later standards — watermark only, no security thread. The National Bank moved to more robustly secured issues within a few years.