A tougher coin is in hand; Georgia has arrived! I watched this one for a while and finally pulled the trigger (the seller budged off the ask but this is still the most expensive addition to the set). What's cool here is that we have a combination of stamps and coins. In 2019 Georgia celebrated the 100th anniversary of its first stamp. The obverse features a 10 Kopek stamp from 1919 as well as fragments of four other denominations (40k, 50k, 60k, and 70k). The reverse is a sealed envelope that can be mailed anywhere (hence the the world map diagram). An added bonus is that this is a top pop 70 and the only graded example at PCGS (NGC has also graded one 70); that isn't too uncommon for something this obscure but it is still nice. Country Georgia Denomination 5 Lari Year 2019 Subject 100th Anniversary of Issuance of the First Georgian National Postage Stamp Composition Silver 0.925 Weight (gr) 15.5 Size (mm) 33 x 27 Mintage 1,500 Mint Mennica Polska (Warsaw, Poland)
This replaces the former placeholder, featured in this thread: https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ddddd-ex-soviet-nations-set-georgia-placeholder.398766/
Very nice! I really like this. Does Georgia always use the Polish mint? It was a good choice. I had a sizeable collection of modern Polish commemoratives and they are pros at oddly shaped coins, colored coins, inlays and the like.
Thanks! Georgia uses multiple mints. The placeholder coin I have was made by the Royal Mint (UK). The Mint of Poland is certainly one of the better mints in the world and they have produced countless cool coins.
