Catalog
5000 Kuponi
| Issuer | National Bank of Georgia |
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| Year | 1993 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | A vignette of the historic Tbilisi cityscape occupies the right portion of the note, with the slopes of Mount Mtatsminda rising in the background, set against a multicolour guilloche underprint. The denomination numeral appears to the left within an ornamental frame incorporating traditional Georgian border elements. Inscriptions in Georgian script along the upper and lower margins identify the issuing authority and the denomination. |
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| Reverse description | The cave monastery complex of Vardzia, hewn into the cliff face with its characteristic arched facades, fills the left portion of the note in green intaglio-style print against a peach-toned guilloche underprint. The bold numeral "5000" is set to the right within a decorative panel, flanked by traditional Georgian ornamental motifs and cross devices at the corners. |
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Georgia's early 1990s kupon series was emergency currency in the strictest sense — the republic had no printing infrastructure and scrambled to establish a functioning monetary system while simultaneously fighting separatist conflicts in South Ossetia and Abkhazia. High denominations like this 5000 escalated rapidly as inflation consumed the kupon's purchasing power almost immediately after introduction.
The "Printed: 30.04.1945" date in the catalog data almost certainly reflects a stock paper manufacture date watermarked into the substrate, not a press run — a known anomaly in several Georgian kupon listings caused by wartime-era paper stock acquired through post-Soviet supply chains.