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5 Maneti / Roubles / Rubley
| Issuer | Republic of Georgia |
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| Year | 1919 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Reverse description | Brown and pink note with the Georgian legend 'ხუთი მანეთი' across the upper register and a central oval medallion containing a mounted equestrian figure. The left panel carries the French text establishing equivalence with Russian credit notes, and the right panel bears the equivalent text in Russian Cyrillic. A lower horizontal band contains a Georgian inscription and two circular '5' denomination rosettes at the corners. |
| Reverse lettering | ხუთი მანეთი CINQ ROUBLES AYANT COURS OBLIGATOIRE AU MÊME TITRE QUE LES BILLETS DE CRÉDIT RUSSE ПЯТЬ РУБЛЕЙ ИМЪЕТЪ ХОЖДЕНІЕ НАРАВНЪ СЪ РОССІЙСКИМИ КРЕДИТНЫМИ БИЛЕТАМИ |
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Georgia's short-lived Democratic Republic issued this note during one of the more precarious periods in the country's modern history — squeezed between Ottoman collapse, Bolshevik expansion, and British occupation forces that had little interest in underwriting a functioning Georgian economy. The 1919 series was printed domestically, which accounts for the relatively crude execution compared to the earlier notes produced abroad.
The trilingual denomination — Maneti, Roubles, Rubley — reflects the practical reality of a transitional economy still running partly on Russian Imperial infrastructure while asserting a separate national monetary identity. The republic itself ceased to exist in February 1921 when the Red Army crossed the border.