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50 Roubles
| Issuer | Republic of Georgia |
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| Year | 1919 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | საქართველოს რესპუბლიკისგული 50 ორმოცდაათი მანეთი მიღება სავალდებულოა თანაბრად რუსეთის სახელმწიფო საკრედიტო ბილეთისა. ბონისათვის პასუხის მგებელია საქართველოს რესპუბლიკა მთელი თავისი ქონებით. 1919 (Translation: Republic of Georgia, Fifty Maneti, Admission is required equally to a Russian state credit currency. The Republic of Georgia with all its property is responsible for this bond.) |
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| Reverse lettering | ორმოცდაათი მანეთი 50 50 CINQUANTE ROUBLES ПЯТЬДЕСЯТЬ РУБЛЕЙ AYANT COURS OBLIGATOIRE ИМѢЕТЪ ХОЖДЕНІЕ AU MÊME TITRE QUE LES BILLETS НАРАВНѢ СЪ РОССІЙСКИМИ DE CREDIT RUSSE КРЕДИТНЫМИ БИЛЕТАМИ ყალბი ბონის დამზადებისათვის ან გასაღებისათვის დამნაშავე დაისჯე- ბა სისხლის სამართლის წესით. (Translation: Fifty Maneti, Has an equal circulation as Russian state credit currency, Counterfeiting or distributing fake bonds is punishable by law) |
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Georgia's short-lived independent republic — established after the collapse of the Russian Empire and Transcaucasian Federation — issued this note under the supervision of the Georgian National Bank, which had been formally constituted only in 1919 itself. The entire paper currency program was a rushed exercise: the republic was navigating simultaneous military pressure from Denikin's Volunteer Army to the north and Bolshevik encroachment, and monetary infrastructure was being built essentially from scratch.
Georgian independence ended in February 1921 when the Red Army crossed the border. Notes of this series had an effective circulation window of under two years.