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5000 Roubles Georgian Socialist Soviet Republic
| Issuer | Georgian Socialist Soviet Republic |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Value | 5000 Roubles |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of Vorontsov's Palace in Tiflis (Tbilisi), engraved in fine intaglio detail within an oval frame, flanked on either side by the denomination '5000' in Georgian script. The note carries extensive Georgian script lettering across the upper and lower registers, with ornate guilloche corner devices and a serial number in the lower left and right corners. |
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| Reverse description | Central roundel bearing the Coat of Arms of the Georgian Socialist Soviet Republic, which incorporates the figure of Saint George on horseback slaying the dragon, surrounded by decorative guilloche borders and Georgian script inscriptions. |
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The Georgian SSR's independent monetary existence was extraordinarily brief. Soviet forces entered Tiflis in February 1921, and the republic was formally absorbed into the Transcaucasian SFSR by 1922. This note was issued within that narrow window — after Menshevik Georgia's collapse but before full monetary consolidation under Moscow's authority.
The P#S761 series was produced under chaotic transitional conditions, and the "S" prefix in the Pick reference correctly flags it as a semi-governmental or transitional issue rather than a fully sovereign emission. Hyperinflationary pressure across the entire former Russian imperial space during 1921 explains the high denomination.