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{{Short description|Currency of Georgia}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2015}}
{{Infobox currency
| name = Georgian lari
| local_name = ქართული ლარი
| local_name_lang = ka
| image_1 = 20 lari. Georgia, 2016 a.png
| image_2 = 
| image_title_1 = 
| iso_code = GEL
| subunit_name_1 = [[tetri]]
| unit = lari
| no_plural = Y
| symbol = ₾, {{big|1=ლ,}}
| symbol_comment = (GEL<ref>Where the lari sign is not available, the letter [[ლ]] or ISO code is used</ref>)
| frequently_used_banknotes = ₾5, ₾10, ₾20, ₾50, ₾100
| rarely_used_banknotes = ₾1, ₾2, ₾200
| used_coins = 5, 10, 20, 50 tetri, ₾1, ₾2
| rarely_used_coins = 
| subunit_ratio_1 = {{frac|1|100}}
| using_countries = {{flag|Georgia}}
| date_of_introduction = 1995
| replaced_currency = [[Georgian kuponi]] (კუპონი)
| issuing_authority = [[National Bank of Georgia]]
| issuing_authority_website = {{URL|www.nbg.gov.ge}}
| inflation_rate = 0.0% (February 2024)
| inflation_source_date = [https://nbg.gov.ge/en National Bank of Georgia]
| printer = [[Oberthur Technologies|Oberthur Fiduciaire]]
| printer_website = {{URL|www.oberthur-fiduciaire.com}}
}}
The '''lari''' ({{lang-ka|ლარი}}, {{IPA|ka|ˈɫaɾi|pron}}; [[ISO 4217]]: GEL) is the [[currency]] of [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]]. It is divided into 100 [[tetri]] ({{lang|ka|თეთრი}}). The name ''lari'' is an old Georgian word denoting a hoard, property, while ''tetri'' is an old Georgian monetary term (meaning 'white') used in ancient [[Colchis]] from the 6th century BC. Earlier Georgian currencies include the [[Georgian maneti|maneti]] ({{lang-ka|მანეთი}}), [[Georgian abazi|abazi]] ({{lang|ka|აბაზი}}), and [[Georgian kuponi|kuponi]] ({{lang|ka|კუპონი}}).

== Kuponi ==
{{main|Georgian kuponi}}
Georgia replaced the [[Soviet ruble]] on 5 April 1993, with the kuponi ({{lang-ka|[[:ka:ქართული კუპონი|კუპონი]]}}) at par. This currency consisted only of banknotes, had no subdivisions and suffered from [[hyperinflation]]. Notes were issued in denominations between 1 and 1 million kuponi, including the somewhat unusual 3, 3,000, 30,000 and 150,000 kuponi.

<gallery perrow="5" widths="100px" heights="100px" caption="Highest denominations of each series of the Georgian kuponi">
File:10 000 купонов лари. 1. 1993.jpg|10&nbsp;000 kuponi, 1993 (1st issue)
File:100 купонов лари. 2. 1993.jpg|100 kuponi, 1993 (2nd issue)
File:100 000 купонов лари. 3. 1993.jpg|100&nbsp;000 kuponi, 1993 (3rd issue)
File:20 000 купонов лари. 4. 1993.jpg|20&nbsp;000 kuponi, 1994 (4th issue)
File:1 000 000 купонов лари. 5. 1994.jpg|1&nbsp;000&nbsp;000 kuponi, 1994
</gallery>

== Lari ==
On 2 October 1995,<ref>{{cite web |publisher=[[National Bank of Georgia]] |url=http://www.nbg.gov.ge/index.php?m=193 |title=Lari banknotes |access-date=2006-12-30}}</ref> the government of [[Eduard Shevardnadze]] replaced the provisional coupon currency with the Lari, at a rate of one million to one. It has remained fairly stable since then.

=== Lari sign ===
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[[File:Sign of Georgian Lari (4).jpg|thumb|250px|The Georgian Lari currency sign, introduced on 8 July 2014.]]
The NBG announced the Lari sign competition in December 2013. The temporary commission consisted of representatives of NBG, the Budget and Finance Committee of the Parliament of Georgia, the State Council of Heraldry, the Ministry of Culture and Monument Protection of Georgia and the Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia.<ref name="Lari sign">{{cite web |url=https://www.nbg.gov.ge/index.php?m=630&lng=eng |title=Lari sign |publisher=[[National Bank of Georgia]] |access-date=5 December 2017 }}</ref>

On 8 July 2014, Giorgi Kadagidze, Governor of the [[National Bank of Georgia]] (NBG), unveiled the winning proposal for the sign of the national currency to the public.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nbg.gov.ge/index.php?m=340&newsid=2485&lng=eng |title=Georgian Lari has its own sign |publisher=[[National Bank of Georgia]] |access-date=5 December 2017 |archive-date=20 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190520173009/https://www.nbg.gov.ge/index.php?m=340&newsid=2485&lng=eng |url-status=dead}}</ref> The author of the winning sign was professional artist-ceramist, Malkhaz Shvelidze.<ref name="Lari sign"/>

In choosing the winning sign, the commission gave priority to the samples based on the Georgian [[Mkhedruli]] character and made a point of the following criteria: conception, design, accordance with Georgian alphabet, existence of elements marking the currency, ease of construction, and observance of requests and recommendations determined by competition rules.<ref name="Lari sign"/>

The Lari sign is based on an arched letter <big>[[ლ]]</big> (Lasi) of the [[Georgian script]]. It is common international practice for a currency sign to consist of a letter, crossed by one or two parallel lines. Two parallel lines crossing the letter Lasi are the basic components of the Lari sign. The so-called “leg” of the letter, represented by a horizontal line, is a necessary attribute of the sign, adding monumental stability to the upper dynamic arc. The form of the letter is transformed in order to simplify its perception and implementation as a Lari sign.<ref name="Lari sign"/>

On 18 July 2014, Giorgi Melashvili, executive director of the National Bank of Georgia, sent a request letter to the Unicode Consortium to register the symbol in the [[Currency Symbols (Unicode block)|Currency Symbols]] block of the Unicode Standard as 
: ₾ <code>U+20BE GEORGIAN LARI SIGN</code><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2014/14161-lari-proposal.pdf|title=Lari proposal|website=Unicode.org|access-date=5 December 2017}}</ref>

On 17 June 2015, the Unicode Consortium released<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blog.unicode.org/2015/06/announcing-unicode-standard-version-80.html |title=Announcing The Unicode® Standard, Version 8.0 |website=Blog.unicode.org|access-date=5 December 2017}}</ref> Unicode V8.0, which includes the Lari sign as 
: {{unichar|20be|LARI SIGN|html=}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U20A0.pdf|format=PDF|title=Currency Symbols : Range: 20A0–20CF|website=Unicode.org|access-date=3 February 2022}}</ref>

=== Coins ===
Coins are issued in denominations of 5, 10, 20 and 50 tetri, as well as 1 and 2 lari.

The National Bank of Georgia announced on 5 October 2018 that it would discontinue circulation of 1 and 2 Tetri coins as of 1 January 2021, and that these coins would lose their legal tender status. 1 and 2 Tetri coins could be exchanged at the National Bank of Georgia and commercial banks in Georgia within one year from 1 January 2021, and can only be exchanged at the National Bank of Georgia from 1 January 2022.<ref>{{cite web|title=საქართველოს ეროვნული ბანკის საბჭოს - დადგენილება №8|url=https://matsne.gov.ge/document/view/4339813?publication=0|website=სსიპ ”საქართველოს საკანონმდებლო მაცნე”|language=ka|date=5 October 2018|access-date=8 January 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Georgian 1 and 2 tetri coins to be taken out of circulation|url=https://agenda.ge/en/news/2020/2384|newspaper=agenda.ge|date=28 July 2020|access-date=8 January 2024}}</ref> According to the new regulations on cash payments introduced by the National Bank of Georgia on 1 January 2019, 1 and 2 tetri are rounded to 0, and 3, 4, 6 and 7 tetri are rounded to 5{{Clarify|reason=What about 8 and 9? Aren’t they rounded at all?|date=April 2024}}.<ref>{{cite news|title=Stores begin rounding out Georgian 1, 2-tetri coins|url=https://agenda.ge/en/news/2019/16|newspaper=agenda.ge|date=3 January 2019|access-date=8 January 2024}}</ref>

The National Bank of Georgia announced on 12 November 2015 that, effective 1 January 2018, the old 50 Tetri coin, issued since 1995, would be withdrawn from circulation and the coins would lose their legal tender status. The old 50 Tetri coin were exchangeable at the National Bank of Georgia and commercial banks of Georgia within one year from 1 January 2018, and from 1 January 2019 only at the National Bank of Georgia.<ref>{{cite web|title=საქართველოს ეროვნული ბანკის საბჭოს - დადგენილება №3|url=https://matsne.gov.ge/document/view/3034236?publication=0|website=სსიპ ”საქართველოს საკანონმდებლო მაცნე”|language=ka|date=2 November 2015|access-date=8 January 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Old 50 Georgian tetri coins {{sic|loosing|hide=y}} legal tender status|url=https://agenda.ge/en/news/2017/2159|newspaper=agenda.ge|date=5 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240108033910/https://agenda.ge/en/news/2017/2159 |archive-date=2024-01-08 |url-status=dead |access-date=2025-12-02}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Exchange of old Georgian 50 tetri coins to be possible from January 2019|url=https://agenda.ge/en/news/2018/2286|newspaper=agenda.ge|date=1 November 2018|access-date=8 January 2024}}</ref>

{|class="wikitable" style="margin:auto; font-size:87%; line-height:1.3"
! colspan=2 | Image
! rowspan=2 | Value
! colspan=4 | Technical parameters
! colspan=3 | Description
! rowspan=2 | Issued<br/>from
! rowspan=2 | Withdrawn
|-
! Obverse
! Reverse
! Diameter<br/>(mm)
! Mass<br/>(g)
! colspan=2 | Composition
! Edge
! Obverse
! Reverse
|-
! colspan=12 | First series (1993)
|-
| style="background:#000; text-align:center" | [[File:Ge-money-tetri-1.jpg|60px]]
| style="background:#000; text-align:center" | [[File:Ge-money-tetri-20-rev.jpg|60px]]
| 1 tetri
| align=center | 15.00
| align=center | 1.38
| rowspan="5" style="background-color:#dcdcdc;" |
| rowspan=5 | [[Stainless steel|Stainless<br/>steel]]
| rowspan=6 | Smooth
| [[Vine]] [[tendril]]; value
| rowspan=6 | [[Borjgali]] over a [[Tree of Life#|tree of life]];<br/>year of issue; lettering:<br/>''{{lang|ka|საქართველოს<br/>რესპუბლიკა}};<br/>Republic of Georgia''
| rowspan=6 | 1996
| rowspan=2 | 2021
|- 
| style="background:#000; text-align:center" | [[File:Ge-money-tetri-2.jpg|63px]]
| style="background:#000; text-align:center" | [[File:Ge-money-tetri-20-rev.jpg|63px]] 
| 2 tetri
| align=center | 17.50
| align=center | 1.90
| [[Peacock]]; value
|- 
| style="background:#000; text-align:center" | [[File:Ge-money-tetri-5.jpg|65px]]
| style="background:#000; text-align:center" | [[File:Ge-money-tetri-20-rev.jpg|65px]] 
| 5 tetri
| align=center | 20.00
| align=center | 2.50
| Golden [[lion]] from<br/>[[Alazani]] valley; value
| rowspan=3 | ''Current''
|- 
| style="background:#000; text-align:center" | [[File:Ge-money-tetri-10.jpg|68px]]
| style="background:#000; text-align:center" | [[File:Ge-money-tetri-20-rev.jpg|68px]] 
| 10 tetri
| align=center | 22.00
| align=center | 3.00
| [[Saint Mammes]] riding<br/>a [[lion]] from [[Gelati Monastery|Gelati<br/>Monastery]]; value
|- 
| style="background:#000; text-align:center" | [[File:Ge-money-tetri-20.jpg|75px]]
| style="background:#000; text-align:center" | [[File:Ge-money-tetri-20-rev.jpg|75px]]
| 20 tetri
| align=center | 25.00
| align=center | 5.00
| Stag by [[Niko Pirosmani|Niko<br/>Pirosmani]]; value
|-
| style="background:#000; text-align:center" | [[File:Ge-money-tetri-50.jpg|65px]]
| style="background:#000; text-align:center" | [[File:Ge-money-tetri-50-obv.jpg|65px]]
| 50 tetri
| align=center | 19.00
| align=center | 2.50
| style="background-color:#ffe550;"|
| [[Brass]]
| [[Griffin]] from [[Samtavisi Cathedral|Samtavisi<br/>Cathedral]]; value
| 2018
|-
! colspan=12 | Second series (2006)
|-
| style="background:#000; text-align:center" | [[File:Ge-money-tetri-50-2006.jpg|73px]] 
| style="background:#000; text-align:center" | [[File:Ge-money-tetri-50-2006-obv.jpg|73px]] 
| 50 tetri
| align=center | 24.00
| align=center | 6.52
| rowspan="3" style="background-color:#dcdcdc;" |
| rowspan=2 | [[Cupronickel]]
| rowspan=4 | Reeded<br/>lettering:<br/>{{small|''საქართველო ★<br/>GEORGIA ★<br/>საქართველო ★<br/>GEORGIA ★''}}
| Value
| [[Coat of arms of Georgia|Coat of arms]]; sun beams;<br/>year of issue; lettering:<br/>''{{lang|ka|საქართველო}}''
| rowspan=4 | 2006
| rowspan=4 | ''Current''
|- 
| style="background:#000; text-align:center" | [[File:Ge-money-lari-coin-1-rev.jpg|77px]]
| style="background:#000; text-align:center" | [[File:Ge-money-lari-coin-1-obv.jpg|77px]] 
| ₾1
| align=center | 26.20
| align=center | 7.85
| Half-milled; value
| rowspan=3 | [[Coat of arms of Georgia|Coat of arms]];<br/>year of issue; lettering:<br/>''{{lang|ka|საქართველო}}''
|- 
| rowspan=2 style="background:#000; text-align:center" | [[File:Ge-money-lari-coin-2-rev.jpg|80px]]
| rowspan=2 style="background:#000; text-align:center" | [[File:Ge-money-lari-coin-2-obv.jpg|80px]] 
| rowspan=2 | ₾2
| rowspan=2 align=center | 27.00
| rowspan=2 align=center | 8.00
| Outer:<br/>[[Cupronickel]]
| rowspan=2 | Sun rays; value
|-
| style="background-color:#ffe550;"|
| Inner:<br/>[[Copper|Cu]]-[[aluminium|Al]]-[[nickel|Ni]]
|-
| colspan=12 | {{Standard coin table notice|BrE=Y}}
|}

=== Banknotes ===
====Current series====
Between November 2016 and October 2019 the National Bank of Georgia released five banknotes (in denominations of ₾5, ₾10, ₾20, ₾50, and ₾100), composing a new complete set.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ganakhlebulilari.ge/|title=Ganakhlebulilari.ge|website=Ganakhlebulilari.ge|access-date=3 February 2022}}</ref>
The 2016&ndash;2019 series lari notes were produced in collaboration with [[Oberthur Technologies]], [[Giesecke+Devrient]] and [[De La Rue]].

{|class="wikitable" style="margin:auto; font-size:88%; border-width:1px;"
! colspan=10 | Upgraded series (2016–2019)
|-
! colspan=2 | Image
! rowspan=2 | Value
! rowspan=2 | Dimensions<br/>(mm)
! rowspan=2 colspan=2 | Main<br/>colour
! colspan=2 | Description
! rowspan=2 | Issued<br/>from
! rowspan=2 | First<br/>issued
|-
! Obverse
! Reverse
! Obverse
! Reverse
|-
| style="background:#000; text-align:center" | [[File:5LariObverse.png|80px]]
| style="background:#000; text-align:center" | [[File:5LariReverse2017.png|80px]]
| ₾5
| align=center | 122 × 62
| style="background:#C0A080;"|
| Brown
| [[Ivane Javakhishvili]];<br/>[[Tbilisi State University]]
| ''Threshing'' & ''Fisherman<br/>in a Red Shirt'' {{small|([[Niko Pirosmani]])}}
| 2017
| 1 Sep 2017
|-
| style="background:#000; text-align:center" | [[File:10LariObverse.png|85px]]
| style="background:#000; text-align:center" | [[File:10LariReverse.png|85px]]
| ₾10
| align=center | 127 × 64
| style="background:#80C0FF;"|
| Blue
| [[Akaki Tsereteli]];<br/>Tsereteli's poem ''Spring''
| ''Imereti - My Mother''<br/>{{small|([[David Kakabadze]])}}
| 2019
| 1 Oct 2019
|-
| style="background:#000; text-align:center" | [[File:20 lari. Georgia, 2016 a.png|90px]]
| style="background:#000; text-align:center" | [[File:20 lari. Georgia, 2016 b.jpg|90px]]
| ₾20
| align=center | 132 × 66
| style="background:#FF8080;"|
| Red
| [[Ilia Chavchavadze]]; ''[[Iveria (newspaper)|Iveria]]'' &<br/>''Sakartvelos Moambe''<br/>newspaper
| [[Vakhtang Gorgasali]] statue;<br/>Panorama and map<br/>of Tbilisi {{small|([[Vakhushti]])}}
| rowspan="3" | 2016
| rowspan=2 | 1 Feb 2016
|-
| style="background:#000; text-align:center" | [[File:50 lari. Georgia, 2016 a.png|95px]]
| style="background:#000; text-align:center" | [[File:50 lari. Georgia, 2016 b.jpg|95px]]
| ₾50
| align=center | 137 × 68
| style="background:#80C080;"|
| Green
| [[Queen Tamar]];<br/>[[Vardzia]] monastery
| [[Sagittarius (astrology)|Sagittarius]] miniature;<br/>12th century manuscript
|-
| style="background:#000; text-align:center" | [[File:100 lari. Georgia, 2016 a.png|100px]]
| style="background:#000; text-align:center" | [[File:100 lari. Georgia, 2016 b.jpg|100px]]
| ₾100
| align=center | 142 × 70
| style="background:#C080FF;"|
| Purple
| [[Shota Rustaveli]]; ''[[The Knight in the Panther's Skin|The<br/>Knight in the Panther's Skin]]''
| [[Georgian National Opera Theater|Georgian National Opera<br/>Theater]]; ''[[Tavisupleba]]'' score
| 1 Nov 2016
|-
| colspan=10 | {{Standard banknote table notice|BrE=Y}}
|}

==== Earlier issues ====
The National Bank of Georgia announced that banknotes of 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50 and 100 lari issued between 1995 and 1999 will no longer be legal tender on 1 January 2022. These currencies can only be exchanged at the National Bank of Georgia from 1 January 2022.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Term of Circulation for GEL Banknotes of 1995-99 Issue Expired in 2022|url=https://nbg.gov.ge/en/media/news/the-term-of-circulation-for-gel-banknotes-of-1995-99-issue-expired-in-2022|website=National Bank of Georgia|date=5 January 2022|access-date=8 January 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Circulation term of 1995-99 GEL banknotes expires|url=https://agenda.ge/en/news/2022/23|newspaper=agenda.ge|date=5 January 2022|access-date=8 January 2024}}</ref>

{|class="wikitable" style="margin:auto; font-size:88%; line-height:1.3"
|-
! colspan=2 | Image
! rowspan=2 | Value
! rowspan=2 | Dimensions<br/>(mm)
! rowspan=2 colspan=2 | Main<br/>colour
! colspan=2 | Description
! rowspan=2 | Issued<br/>from
! rowspan=2 | First<br/>issued<ref>{{cite book |last1=Linzmayer |first1=Owen |title=The Banknote Book |chapter=Georgia |publisher=Banknotebook.com |year=2012 |location=San Francisco, CA |url=http://www.banknotebook.com}}</ref>
|-
! Obverse
! Reverse
! Obverse
! Reverse
|-
| style="background:#000; text-align:center" | [[File:1 lari. Georgia, 2007 a.jpg|70px]]
| style="background:#000; text-align:center" | [[File:1 lari. Georgia, 2007 b.jpg|70px]]
| ₾1
| rowspan=3 align=center | 115 × 61
| style="background:#80B0B0;"|
| Teal
| [[Niko Pirosmanashvili]]
| [[Tbilisi]] panorama;<br/>[[:commons:Image:Roe deer.jpg|Stag by Pirosmani]]
| 2002–2007
| rowspan=5 | 5 Aug 2002
|-
| style="background:#000; text-align:center" | [[File:2 lari. Georgia, 2002 a.jpg|70px]]
| style="background:#000; text-align:center" | [[File:2 lari. Georgia, 2002 b.jpg|70px]]
| ₾2
| style="background:#FFCBA4;"|
| Peach
| [[Zacharia Paliashvili]];<br/>''[[Abesalom da Eteri]]''
| [[Georgian National Opera Theater|National Opera Theater]]
| 2002
|-
| style="background:#000; text-align:center" | [[File:5 lari. Georgia, 2002 a.jpg|70px]]
| style="background:#000; text-align:center" | [[File:5 lari. Georgia, 2002 b.jpg|70px]]
| ₾5
| style="background:#C0A080;"|
| Brown
| [[Ivane Javakhishvili]]
| [[Tbilisi State University]]
| rowspan=3 | 2002–2013
|-
| style="background:#000; text-align:center" | [[File:10 lari. Georgia, 2007 a.jpg|75px]]
| style="background:#000; text-align:center" | [[File:10 lari. Georgia, 2007 b.jpg|75px]]
| ₾10
| align=center | 125 × 63
| style="background:#80C0FF;"|
| Blue
| [[Akaki Tsereteli]];<br/>Swallow; branches
| ''Imereti - My Mother''<br/>{{small|([[David Kakabadze]])}}
|-
| style="background:#000; text-align:center" | [[File:Ge-money-lari-20.jpg|80px]]
| style="background:#000; text-align:center" | [[File:GeorgiaPNew-20Lari-2002-donatedta b.jpg|80px]]
| ₾20
| align=center | 131 × 65
| style="background:#C08080;"|
| Maroon
| [[Ilia Chavchavadze]];<br/>''[[Iveria (newspaper)|Iveria]]'' & ''Sakartvelos<br/>Moambe'' newspaper
| [[Vakhtang Gorgasali]] statue;<br/>Panorama and map<br/>of Tbilisi {{small|([[Vakhushti]])}}
|-
| style="background:#000; text-align:center" | [[File:50 lari. Georgia, 2004 a.jpg|85px]]
| style="background:#000; text-align:center" | [[File:50 lari. Georgia, 2004 b.jpg|85px]]
| ₾50
| align=center | 135 × 66
| style="background:#C0C080;"|
| Olive
| [[Queen Tamar]];<br/>Griffin
| [[Sagittarius (astrology)|Sagittarius]] miniature;<br/>12th century manuscript
| 2004–2013
| rowspan=2 | 29 Nov 2004
|-
| style="background:#000; text-align:center" | [[File:100 lari. Georgia, 2004 a.jpg|90px]]
| style="background:#000; text-align:center" | [[File:100 lari. Georgia, 2004 b.jpg|90px]]
| ₾100
| align=center | 140 × 67
| style="background:#80C080;"|
| Green
| [[Shota Rustaveli]];<br/>Angels with cross
| ''Daniel in the den of lions''<br/>from [[Martvili monastery]]
| 2004–2014
|-
| style="background:#000; text-align:center" | [[File:200 lari. Georgia, 2006 a.jpg|95px]]
| style="background:#000; text-align:center" | [[File:200 lari. Georgia, 2006 b.jpg|95px]]
| ₾200
| align=center | 146 × 72
| style="background:#FFE080;"|
| Yellow
| [[Kakutsa Cholokashvili]];<br/>Relief images 
| [[Sokhumi]];<br/>iconostasis from [[Tsebelda]]
| 2006
| 15 Apr 2007
|-
| style="background:#000; text-align:center" | [[File:500 lari. Georgia, 1995 a.png|92px]]
| style="background:#000; text-align:center" | [[File:500 lari. Georgia, 1995 b.png|92px]]
| ₾500
| align=center | 143 × 66
| style="background:#69b4b4;"|
| Blue<br/>green
| [[David IV of Georgia|David IV]]
| Early Georgian inscriptions;<br/>cross
| ''1995''
| ''Unissued''
|-
| colspan=12 | {{Standard banknote table notice|BrE=Y}}
|}

{{Exchange rate|GEL|RUB|TRY}}

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{{n-currency|location=[[Georgia (country)|Georgia]]|start=April 5, 1993|end=October 2, 1995}}
{{n-after|currency=Georgian lari|ratio=1 Georgian lari = 1,000,000 Georgian kuponi|reason=Hyperinflation}}
{{end}}
{{n-start|title=Georgian lari}}
{{n-before|currency=Georgian kuponi lari|reason=Hyperinflation|ratio=1 Georgian lari = 1,000,000 Georgian kuponi lari}}
{{n-currency|location=[[Georgia (country)|Georgia]]|start=October 2, 1995}}
{{n-after}}
{{end}}

== See also ==
* [[Economy of Georgia (country)]]
* [[Larization]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
{{commons category|Money of Georgia}}
* [http://www.nbg.gov.ge/index.php?m=111 Georgian money, National Bank of Georgia]
* [http://banknoter.com/s/georgia Banknotes of Georgia: Georgian Lari Catalog] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150724113749/http://banknoter.com/s/georgia |date=24 July 2015 }}
* {{CISCoins|Georgia}}
* [http://www.bis-ans-ende-der-welt.net/Georgien-B-En.htm The banknotes of Georgia] {{in lang|en|de}}

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