Before Georgia became officially annexed to the Russian Empire in 1801 under Tsar Pavel Romanov, they were made a protectorate in 1783 after the 'Treaty of Georgievsk'. The specimen listed is 1 Bisti dated 1787 under King: Erekle II of Georgia. The obverse shows a crude double-headed eagle with datee. The reverse shows 3 lined legend in Georgian and Farsi (Persian) script.[img width= height= alt=]http://coinsarefun.com/forum/MGalleryItem.php?id=615[/img]GEORGIA (RUSSIAN PROTECTORATE)~1 Bisti 1787
Quote from: Zantetsuken on February 10, 2010, 06:41:49 PMBefore Georgia became officially annexed to the Russian Empire in 1801 under Tsar Pavel Romanov, they were made a protectorate in 1783 after the 'Treaty of Georgievsk'. The specimen listed is 1 Bisti dated 1787 under King: Erekle II of Georgia. The obverse shows a crude double-headed eagle with datee. The reverse shows 3 lined legend in Georgian and Farsi (Persian) script.[img width= height= alt=]http://coinsarefun.com/forum/MGalleryItem.php?id=615[/img]GEORGIA (RUSSIAN PROTECTORATE)~1 Bisti 1787This one is a very interesting one indeed Zantetsuken Thanks for posting it