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50 000 Kuponi
| Issuer | National Bank of Georgia |
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| Year | 1994 |
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| Currency | Kuponi (1993-1995) |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette consists of the Borjgali solar symbol rendered in guilloche, flanked symmetrically by two pairs of heraldic griffins in intaglio style. The bank title in Georgian script appears in a framed panel at the top, with the date 1994 below the central motif. The large numeral denomination 50000 and its Georgian script equivalent occupy the lower portion against a hatched underprint, with the word კუპონი at upper left and the serial number at lower left. |
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| Obverse lettering | კუპონი საქართველოს ეროვნული ბანკი 1994 50000 ორმოცდაათი ათასი (Translation: Kuponi National Bank of Georgia, Fifty Thousand) |
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| Comments |
Georgia's coupon currency — the kuponi — was introduced in 1993 as a transitional instrument after the Soviet ruble collapsed, never intended as a permanent solution. Hyperinflation moved so fast that denominations scaled from single digits to hundreds of thousands within two years, which is precisely why a 50,000-kuponi note exists at all. The lari replaced the entire kuponi series in 1995 at a rate of one million to one.
The printed date of 30 April 1945 almost certainly refers to the plate or artwork origin — possibly recycled or adapted from an earlier design source — and has no bearing on the note's actual issue date of 1994.