20 Lari
Georgia · National Bank of Georgia
The 20 lari banknote of 2021 emission was released into circulation on 1 July 2021 alongside the 5 lari note. The design mirrors the preceding series, with a carefully adjusted background tonality to differentiate it more clearly from adjacent denominations. Ilia Chavchavadze (1837–1907) was the pre-eminent figure of Georgian national revival — a poet, journalist, publisher, and statesman who founded influential newspapers and is canonised as a saint by the Georgian Orthodox Church. The Narikala fortress on the reverse traces its origins to the 4th century AD.
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ReasonRegular re-emission with adjusted background colour tonality to reduce inter-denomination confusion.
DesignObverse: Portrait of Ilia Chavchavadze with Sakartvelos Moambe/Iveria publishing house and magenta-to-green SPARK element. Reverse: Old Tbilisi panorama with Narikala fortress, equestrian statue of King Vakhtang Gorgasali, and Vakhushti Batonishvili's 18th-century map of Tbilisi.
Security featuresMagenta-to-gold windowed SPARK security thread with demetallised 20 and Georgian text, holographic stripe with portrait, phaeton and map of Georgia, iridescent stripe, watermark portrait with electrotype, denomination registration device.
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