5 Lari

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short-lived coupon currency — the lari itself had been a unit of account in medieval Georgian kingdoms, a deliberate historical reference embedded in the naming decision rather than the design.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.