Georgia 1833-BK 2 abazi

Stephen Album sale 50, lot 3078

This specimen was lot 3078 in Stephen Album sale 50 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2024), where it sold for $132. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GEORGIA: Russo-Georgian, 1804-1833, AR 2 abazi, Tbilisi, 1833 B.K., issued under the authority of Nicholas I (1825-1834): mint name between crown and leaves // denomination and date, F-VF." In the late eighteenth century, the kingdom of Georgia, which had once ruled most of the Caucasus mountains, had splintered. Russia had little difficulty vacuuming up the little pieces and by 1813 had extinguished all trace of independence. Persia and Turkey also had claims over the region but were defeated in several wars. This type was struck 1804-33 and was equal to forty kopeks.

Recorded mintage: 114,000.

Specification: 6.31 g, 0.917 fine silver, 23 mm diameter, this specimen 5.89 g.

Catalog reference: KM-75, Bennett-1104.

Source:

• Bitkin, Vladimir, Composite Catalogue of Russian Coins, Part II (1740-1917), Kiev: Moneta, 2003.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 50, featuring selections from the Dr. Robert A. Rosenfeld Collection, the Hakim Hamidi Collection, the Almer H. Orr III Collection and the Solar Collection, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.

Links to:

• Georgia 1828 2 abazi
• Georgia 1831-AT abazi
• Coins and currency dated 1826