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<p>[QUOTE="ddddd, post: 8352629, member: 22377"]That is cool to hear about your wife as well as your visit to Georgia!</p><p><br /></p><p>As far as the coins, you are correct that there are few offerings. I have a saved search set up on eBay (under the overall world coins category) and "South Georgia and Sandwich Islands" is what pops up more often than anything from Georgia. The coin currently on my watch list is the one below (image copied from the seller). I like the coin and stamp connection but not the price (~$220). Despite tweaking the rules with Moldova (raw coin that was priced right), I'd still prefer to stick to graded coins. There is a listing for this same Georgia coin in a PCGS 70 holder, but the price is nearly double ($400). The Czarist era coins are something I've considered (I recall someone on the PCGS forum offering one for sale a year or so ago) but it seems so different from the rest of the set that I decided against that direction (at least for now).</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/192906303786" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/192906303786" rel="nofollow">https://www.ebay.com/itm/192906303786</a></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/s2sAAOSwES1czHwr/s-l1600.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ddddd, post: 8352629, member: 22377"]That is cool to hear about your wife as well as your visit to Georgia! As far as the coins, you are correct that there are few offerings. I have a saved search set up on eBay (under the overall world coins category) and "South Georgia and Sandwich Islands" is what pops up more often than anything from Georgia. The coin currently on my watch list is the one below (image copied from the seller). I like the coin and stamp connection but not the price (~$220). Despite tweaking the rules with Moldova (raw coin that was priced right), I'd still prefer to stick to graded coins. There is a listing for this same Georgia coin in a PCGS 70 holder, but the price is nearly double ($400). The Czarist era coins are something I've considered (I recall someone on the PCGS forum offering one for sale a year or so ago) but it seems so different from the rest of the set that I decided against that direction (at least for now). [URL]https://www.ebay.com/itm/192906303786[/URL] [IMG]https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/s2sAAOSwES1czHwr/s-l1600.png[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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