Description
The lari is the official currency of Georgia. The name lari is derived from an old Georgian word referring to hoard or property, while tetri means “white”. The official currency symbol: ₾. Initially, Georgia used a currency known as kuponi, which replaced the Russian ruble and consisted only of banknotes. Then in 1995, the government replaced the kuponi with the lira and introduced notes in denomination of 5, 10, 20, 50 and 100 lari.
The 100 Georgian lari note front design features the portrait of Shota Rustaveli (1160 – 1220), known as Rustaveli, was a medieval Georgian poet author of The Knight in the Panther’s Skin, which is considered to be a Georgian national epic poem, on a background illustrating the epic poem The Knight in Panther Skin, a page from his original engravings, an ornament from his original manuscript, and a 7th-century bas-relief of Daniel in the lion’s den of the Martvili Cathedral of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. The design is completed by a hologram with a Rustaveli portrait and a sketch of a flower.
The reverse of the note presents Zakaria Paliashvili’s National Academic Theater of Opera and Ballet and the fragment from the Score of Georgian national anthem. On the upper right corner is presented the National Coat of Arms. The lettering is presented in the Georgian and English language. This note is part of the 2016 – 2020 series, and its color is violet and red.
Text: National Bank of Georgia, President of The National Bank, Shota Rustaveli XII century, 100, One Hundred Lira, 2016.