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5 Lari
| Issuer | National Bank of Georgia |
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| Year | 1999 |
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| Reference(s) | P#63 |
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| Reverse description | At left, a map of Georgia inscribed in English, alongside a golden lion statuette (circa 2300–2000 B.C., discovered in a tomb in the Alazani valley) forms the principal left-side vignette. A view of Tbilisi State University building is centered to the right. Lettering appears in both Georgian and English scripts. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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Georgia's 1999 banknote series was printed shortly after the country had stabilized its currency following the catastrophic hyperinflation of the early 1990s, when the transitional coupon — the kuponi — lost virtually all value before the lari was introduced in 1995. The 5 lari denomination in this series was printed by the Canadian Bank Note Company, one of several foreign security printers Georgia contracted during this period before developing domestic printing capacity.
Watermark-only security on a late-1990s issue is notably light for the denomination, reflecting the constraints of a young central bank still building its anti-counterfeiting infrastructure.