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5 Roubles
| Issuer | Georgia › Democratic Republic of Georgia (1918-1921) |
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| Year | 1919 |
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| Currency | Rouble (1918-1921) |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of Saint George on horseback within a circular medallion, set against a dense guilloche underprint; Georgian inscription "ხუთი მანეთი" across the top panel flanked by numeral "5" counterfoils at each corner. The lower cartouche carries the bond text in Georgian script with facsimile signatures of the Chairman of the Government and the Minister of Finance, dated 1919. |
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| Reverse description | Central medallion bearing Saint George on horseback, surrounded by a starburst guilloche border with sun and star motifs; flanked by two lateral ovals carrying French and Russian texts respectively, with numeral "5" counters at corners. A lower panel contains the Georgian anti-counterfeiting warning legend, the whole enclosed within an ornate scrollwork frame. |
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The Democratic Republic of Georgia existed for less than three years before the Red Army invaded in February 1921, and its paper currency was produced under conditions of near-constant political and economic pressure. This series was designed by two men with notably different backgrounds — Ter-Mikhaelian was an Armenian-Georgian artist, while Sharleman came from a prominent St. Petersburg family with deep roots in Imperial Russian academic art. Their collaboration on Georgian national currency was, by any measure, an unusual pairing.
The republic's notes were printed domestically in Tiflis, a significant logistical constraint that shows in the production quality across the series. After Soviet annexation, outstanding Georgian currency was rendered worthless almost immediately.