Currency history
Georgian lari
Georgian lari: a currency still in use.
- Dates in use
- Still in use; introduction date not established here
- Currency code
- GEL
- Ancestry branch
- Russian ruble
Its place in the family
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The story
The lari was introduced on 25 September 1995 and became Georgia's sole legal tender on 2 October 1995. [1]
Sources and evidence
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“Georgian lari.” The Family Tree of Money. © Field Technologies, Inc. Reader edition 2026-10-13; research dataset v44. https://familytreeofmoney.org/currency/FTM000359.html