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1000 Roubles
| Issuer | Georgian Democratic Republic |
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| Year | 1919 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Reverse description | Pale brown monochrome print of stark, minimal design. The numeral "1000" is set within a small ornate guilloche cartouche at the centre of the note, with text below, against an otherwise plain lightly textured ground. |
| Reverse lettering | 1000 |
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The Georgian Democratic Republic declared independence from the collapsing Russian Empire in May 1918, and its currency regime was correspondingly improvised. The 1000 Rouble note of 1919 was issued under severe fiscal pressure, as the young republic was simultaneously managing Menshevik political consolidation, border conflicts with Armenia and Azerbaijan, and the constant threat of Bolshevik encroachment from the north.
Georgia's independence lasted barely three years. Soviet forces invaded in February 1921, and the currency became void almost immediately — leaving large quantities of these higher denominations unspent and subsequently available to collectors in grades that don't reflect any real circulation history.