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25 000 Kuponi
| Issuer | National Bank of Georgia |
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| Year | 1993 |
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| Currency | Kuponi (1993-1995) |
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| Reverse description | The left portion of the reverse carries a detailed vignette of the Vardzia cave monastery complex, rendered in orange intaglio-style print, showing the multi-storey rock-hewn facades and arched galleries set into the cliff face. The large denomination numeral 25000 is printed in bold figures to the right, flanked by decorative Georgian ornamental devices. The border repeats the corner cross-pattée motif consistent with the series design. |
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| Protection description | Honeycomb pattern of adjoining hexagons, consistent across the P.25–P.42 series issues. |
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Georgia's kuponi series was introduced as a transitional currency after the republic's break from the Soviet ruble zone, and the 25,000 denomination reflects the hyperinflationary spiral that made smaller kuponi values effectively worthless within months of issue. The entire kuponi system was replaced by the lari in 1995, and most high-denomination notes were redeemed and destroyed in bulk, though hoarding was common enough that survivors aren't especially rare.
The "Printed: 30.04.1945" field in this catalog entry is almost certainly a data error — no Georgian kuponi was printed in 1945.