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The maneti ( ka, მანეთი) was the currency of the Democratic Republic of Georgia and the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic between 1919 and 1923. It replaced the first
Transcaucasian rouble The ruble (russian: рубль, hy, ռուբլի), manat () or maneti () was the currency of both Transcaucasian states, the Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic and the Transcaucasian Soviet Federal Socialist Republic. First Transcau ...
at par and was subdivided into 100 kopecks ( ''k’ap’eik’i''). It was replaced by the second Transcaucasian rouble after Georgia became part of the Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic. Only paper money was issued, with the Democratic Republic producing denominations of between 50 kopecks and 5,000 maneti. Except for the 50 kopecks, the reverses of the notes bore the denomination in
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() and Russian. In 1922 the GSSR issued denominations between 5,000 and 5 million maneti. Maneti, derived from the Latin ''moneta'' ("coin"), was used as the
Georgian Georgian may refer to: Common meanings * Anything related to, or originating from Georgia (country) ** Georgians, an indigenous Caucasian ethnic group ** Georgian language, a Kartvelian language spoken by Georgians **Georgian scripts, three scrip ...
name for the
Soviet rouble The ruble or rouble (russian: рубль) was the currency of the Soviet Union, introduced in 1922, replacing the Imperial Russian ruble. One ruble was divided into 100 kopecks ( – ''kopeyka'', ''kopeyki''). Soviet banknotes and coins were pr ...
. The modern Georgian currency is the
lari Lari may refer to: Currency * Georgian lari, the currency of Georgia * Maldivian laari, or lari, a coin denomination of the rufiyaa of the Maldives Places *Lari Constituency, an electoral constituency in Kenya * Lari, Ardabil, or Lahrud, a ...
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* ''For an earlier Georgian currency, see
Georgian abazi Abazi ( ka, აბაზი) was a Georgian silver coin, deriving its name and existence from the Iranian '' abbasi'', which was in use from the early 17th century into the early 19th. The name abazi derives from the Iranian ''abbasi'', a silv ...
.'' * ''For the current Georgian currency, see Georgian lari.'' Modern obsolete currencies Economic history of Georgia (country) 1919 establishments in Georgia (country) 1923 disestablishments {{Georgia-hist-stub