Georgia

Kingdom of Georgia (1008-1491), Democratic Republic of Georgia (1918-1921), Georgian Soviet Republic (1921-1922), Republic of Georgia (1991-present)

Country in the South Caucasus

Location: South Caucasus

Capital City: Kutaisi (1008-1172) Tbilisi (1172-1491, 1918-1921, 1991-present)

Government type: Feudal Monarchy (1008-1491), Republic (1918-1921, 1991-present), Communist Republic (1921-1922)

Main languages: Georgian, Svan, Mingrelian

Main religions: Orthodox Christianity

Chronology

1008: Kingdom of Georgia formed by the merging of the Kingdom of Abkhazia and Kingdom of the Iberians

1065-1122: Seljuq vassal

1239-1260: Mongol vassal

1247-1329: Split into two kingdoms of West Georgia and East Georgia

1260-1335: Ilkhanate vassal

1338-1350: Chobanid vassal

1350-1403: Jalayirid vassal

1403-1405: Timurid vassal

1406-1467: Kara Qoyunlu vassal

1477-1491: Aq Qoyunlu vassal

1491: Splits into smaller states

1918: Independence from Transcaucasia

1921: Bolshevik takeover

1922: Part of Soviet Transcaucasia

1991: Independence from the Soviet Union

Currency

Drama (1125-1297)

Ruble (1918-1921)

1 Rouble = 100 Kopecks

Kuponi (1993-1995)

Lari (1995-present)

1 Lari = 100 Tetri

Coins from Georgia in the collection

Kingdom (1008-1491)

•Æ Unit, 1227 (Queen Rusudan (1223-1245), copper, Like Zeno#323900)

Second Republic (1991-present)

•1 Tetri, 1993 (stainless steel, Madrid mint, KM#76)

•50 Tetri, 2006 (cupronickel, Vienna mint, KM#89)

•1 Lari, 2006 (cupronickel, Madrid, Utrecht, and Warsaw mints, KM#90)

•2 Lari, 2006 (copper-aluminum-nickel center in cupronickel ring, Llantrisant, KM#94)

Banknotes from Georgia in the collection

Second Republic (1991-present)

•100 Kuponi, 1993 (P#38)

•250 Kuponi, 1993 (P#43)