Georgian lari
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "check for unknown parameters". The lari (Georgian: Script error: No such module "Lang"., Script error: No such module "IPA".; ISO 4217: GEL) is the currency of Georgia. It is divided into 100 tetri (Script error: No such module "Lang".). 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 maneti (Georgian: Script error: No such module "Lang".), abazi (Script error: No such module "Lang".), and kuponi (Script error: No such module "Lang".).
Kuponi
Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". Georgia replaced the Soviet ruble on 5 April 1993, with the kuponi (Georgian: Script error: No such module "Lang".) 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.
- Highest denominations of each series of the Georgian kuponi
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10 000 kuponi, 1993 (1st issue)
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100 kuponi, 1993 (2nd issue)
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100 000 kuponi, 1993 (3rd issue)
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20 000 kuponi, 1994 (4th issue)
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1 000 000 kuponi, 1994
Lari
On 2 October 1995,[1] 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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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.[2]
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.[3] The author of the winning sign was professional artist-ceramist, Malkhaz Shvelidze.[2]
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.[2]
The Lari sign is based on an arched letter ლ (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.[2]
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 block of the Unicode Standard as
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U+20BE GEORGIAN LARI SIGN[4]
On 17 June 2015, the Unicode Consortium released[5] Unicode V8.0, which includes the Lari sign as
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.[7][8] 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 5Script error: No such module "Unsubst"..[9]
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.[10][11][12]
| Image | Value | Technical parameters | Description | Issued from |
Withdrawn | ||||||
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| Obverse | Reverse | Diameter (mm) |
Mass (g) |
Composition | Edge | Obverse | Reverse | ||||
| First series (1993) | |||||||||||
| File:Ge-money-tetri-1.jpg | File:Ge-money-tetri-20-rev.jpg | 1 tetri | 15.00 | 1.38 | Stainless steel |
Smooth | Vine tendril; value | Borjgali over a tree of life; year of issue; lettering: Script error: No such module "Lang".; Republic of Georgia |
1996 | 2021 | |
| File:Ge-money-tetri-2.jpg | File:Ge-money-tetri-20-rev.jpg | 2 tetri | 17.50 | 1.90 | Peacock; value | ||||||
| File:Ge-money-tetri-5.jpg | File:Ge-money-tetri-20-rev.jpg | 5 tetri | 20.00 | 2.50 | Golden lion from Alazani valley; value |
Current | |||||
| File:Ge-money-tetri-10.jpg | File:Ge-money-tetri-20-rev.jpg | 10 tetri | 22.00 | 3.00 | Saint Mammes riding a lion from Gelati Monastery; value | ||||||
| File:Ge-money-tetri-20.jpg | File:Ge-money-tetri-20-rev.jpg | 20 tetri | 25.00 | 5.00 | Stag by Niko Pirosmani; value | ||||||
| File:Ge-money-tetri-50.jpg | File:Ge-money-tetri-50-obv.jpg | 50 tetri | 19.00 | 2.50 | Brass | Griffin from Samtavisi Cathedral; value |
2018 | ||||
| Second series (2006) | |||||||||||
| File:Ge-money-tetri-50-2006.jpg | File:Ge-money-tetri-50-2006-obv.jpg | 50 tetri | 24.00 | 6.52 | Cupronickel | Reeded lettering: საქართველო ★ GEORGIA ★ საქართველო ★ GEORGIA ★Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Value | Coat of arms; sun beams; year of issue; lettering: Script error: No such module "Lang". |
2006 | Current | |
| File:Ge-money-lari-coin-1-rev.jpg | File:Ge-money-lari-coin-1-obv.jpg | ₾1 | 26.20 | 7.85 | Half-milled; value | Coat of arms; year of issue; lettering: Script error: No such module "Lang". | |||||
| File:Ge-money-lari-coin-2-rev.jpg | File:Ge-money-lari-coin-2-obv.jpg | ₾2 | 27.00 | 8.00 | Outer: Cupronickel |
Sun rays; value | |||||
| Inner: Cu-Al-Ni | |||||||||||
| For table standards, see the coin specification table. | |||||||||||
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.[13] The 2016–2019 series lari notes were produced in collaboration with Oberthur Technologies, Giesecke+Devrient and De La Rue.
| Upgraded series (2016–2019) | |||||||||
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| Image | Value | Dimensions (mm) |
Main colour |
Description | Issued from |
First issued | |||
| Obverse | Reverse | Obverse | Reverse | ||||||
| File:5LariObverse.png | File:5LariReverse2017.png | ₾5 | 122 × 62 | Brown | Ivane Javakhishvili; Tbilisi State University |
Threshing & Fisherman in a Red Shirt (Niko Pirosmani)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
2017 | 1 Sep 2017 | |
| File:10LariObverse.png | File:10LariReverse.png | ₾10 | 127 × 64 | Blue | Akaki Tsereteli; Tsereteli's poem Spring |
Imereti - My Mother (David Kakabadze)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
2019 | 1 Oct 2019 | |
| File:20 lari. Georgia, 2016 a.png | File:20 lari. Georgia, 2016 b.jpg | ₾20 | 132 × 66 | Red | Ilia Chavchavadze; Iveria & Sakartvelos Moambe newspaper |
Vakhtang Gorgasali statue; Panorama and map of Tbilisi (Vakhushti)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
2016 | 1 Feb 2016 | |
| File:50 lari. Georgia, 2016 a.png | File:50 lari. Georgia, 2016 b.jpg | ₾50 | 137 × 68 | Green | Queen Tamar; Vardzia monastery |
Sagittarius miniature; 12th century manuscript | |||
| File:100 lari. Georgia, 2016 a.png | File:100 lari. Georgia, 2016 b.jpg | ₾100 | 142 × 70 | Purple | Shota Rustaveli; The Knight in the Panther's Skin |
Georgian National Opera Theater; Tavisupleba score |
1 Nov 2016 | ||
| For table standards, see the banknote specification table. | |||||||||
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.[14][15]
| Current GEL exchange rates | |
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| Preceded by: Georgian kupon lari Reason: Replacement of the Soviet and Russian ruble with a transitional currency |
Currency of Georgia April 5, 1993 – October 2, 1995 |
Succeeded by: Georgian lari Reason: Hyperinflation Ratio: 1 Georgian lari = 1,000,000 Georgian kuponi |
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| Preceded by: Georgian kuponi lari Reason: Hyperinflation Ratio: 1 Georgian lari = 1,000,000 Georgian kuponi lari |
Currency of Georgia October 2, 1995 – |
Succeeded by: Current |
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See also
References
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External links
- Georgian money, National Bank of Georgia
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