Catalog
50 Lari
| Issuer | National Bank of Georgia |
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| Year | 1999 |
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| Printer | Canadian Bank Note Company, Ottawa |
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| Obverse lettering | საქართველო ორმოცდაათი ლარი 1999 საქართველოს ეროვნული ბანკი (Translation: Georgia, Fifty Lari, 1999, National Bank of Georgia) |
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| Protection type | Watermark, Security thread |
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Georgia's transition-era banknotes were produced under significant institutional pressure — the lari itself had only been introduced in 1995, replacing the short-lived coupon currency that had collapsed under hyperinflation. By 1999, the National Bank was still consolidating its series, and contracting the Canadian Bank Note Company reflected a deliberate policy of outsourcing to established Western security printers rather than relying on regional facilities with less credibility in international exchange.
The security specification on this issue is notably lean for a late-1990s fifty-unit denomination — watermark and thread only, without the optical variable devices that CBN was already applying to other clients' notes at the time.