The Georgian lari (symbol: ₾, code: GEL) has a rich
history as the official currency of Georgia. Before the lari came
into existence, various currencies influenced by the Persian,
Byzantine, and Ottoman empires were used in the region during
ancient to early modern times.
During the 19th to early 20th century, when Georgia was under
Russian Empire control, the Russian ruble was the primary currency
used. Following the Russian Revolution, the short-lived
Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic, which included
Georgia, issued its own currency known as the Transcaucasian
ruble.
Throughout its time as part of the Soviet Union from, Georgia
used the Soviet ruble as its currency. In 1922, the Georgian Soviet
Socialist Republic (GSSR) issued denominations ranging from 5,000
to 5 million maneti. The term "maneti" was derived from
the Latin word "moneta," meaning coin, and was used as
the Georgian name for the Soviet ruble. The Birth of the
Lari and its Rise to
