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250 000 Kuponi
| Issuer | National Bank of Georgia |
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| Year | 1994 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Reverse description | Four decorative vignettes of grape bunches with ornate foliate scrollwork are arranged in each corner of the note against a fine guilloche underprint in pale orange and green. The large numeral 250000 is centred, flanked above and below by the denomination spelled out in Georgian Mkhedruli script. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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The kuponi was Georgia's transitional currency, introduced in April 1993 as a coupon-based parallel to the Soviet ruble before becoming the sole legal tender. By 1994, hyperinflation was severe enough that denominations had climbed to the hundreds of thousands — the 250,000 kuponi sits near the top of a series that became worthless within months of issue. The kuponi was replaced by the lari in 1995 at a rate of one million to one.
The "Printed: 30.04.1945" field in this catalog entry is almost certainly a data error — no Georgian national currency existed in 1945.