THE NATIONAL BANK OF GEORGIA RELEASES GOLD AND SILVER GEORGE THE BRILLIANT COLLECTOR COINS

The National Bank of Georgia continues to release the Kings of Georgia collector coins and 5-lari gold and silver collector coins are now dedicated to the King George the Brilliant. The price of a gold coin is GEL 1370, and the price of a silver coin is GEL 88.

From March 27, 2023, Pre-ordered coins will be available for purchase at the following locations:

• The Cash Center of the National Bank of Georgia (72nd km Kakheti highway Tbilisi; Monday to Friday, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., break 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.);
  
• The Money Museum of the National Bank of Georgia (10, Shota Rustaveli street, Kvareli, Thursday to Monday, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., break 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.)

Clients who have pre-ordered the coins, can now purchase them by paying the remaining amount and presenting an identity document of the Client or Client’s authorized person.

Pre-ordered coins can be bought also through the online store of the NBG Money Museum from April 3, 2023, by paying the remaining amount (including the cost of delivery and insurance). See details of the terms of order completion and delivery at: www.moneymuseum.nbg.gov.ge

Customers who have pre-ordered their coins can check their email for detailed information about getting them.

From April 10, 2023, the coins will be available for free sale through the online store of the NBG Money Museum as well as at the NBG Cash Center and the Money Museum. If there is high demand, the National Bank reserves the right to limit the number of coins for sale per customer for a certain period of time in order to make them available to a larger number of interested parties.

Coin Design and Description

The main composition of the obverse of the coin is the image of the King George the Brilliant, holding a scale in one hand as a symbol of his legal reform (this detail is gilded on the silver coin), and a scroll in the other, with the text  from “Laws” written on it. The coin also bears the inscription in Georgian “გიორგი ბრწყინვალე” and the years of his reign 1299-1346.

The main composition of the reverse of the coin is the image of the crown of George the Brilliant (featuring the details of the royal crown of the Bagrationi Dynasty and the miniatures of the Georgian manuscript of the 15th century psalm). The coin bears inscriptions: “5 ლარი”, also “საქართველო”, “2023″, “GEORGIA” and an ornament on the king’s clothes from the obverse in between.