Timeline

• 02.11.1802
• JD:21.10.1802
• Authorization of the Georgian coinage; effective immediately (?)
• 1804-1835
• Operations of the Tbilisi Mint:
  - 27.09.1804 [JD:15.09.1804]: Inauguration of the mint
  - 25.02.1834 [JD:13.02.1834]: End of minting operations
  - 26.08.1835 [JD:14.08.1835]: Closure of the mint
  - The Georgian coins were not demonetized after 1834.
• 25.09.1804
• JD:13.09.1804
• Mint instruction, specifies the issuance of subsidiary coins in silver and copper; effective immediately:
  - Silver: Abazi (= 20 Russian Kopeks) at 71 Russian doli silver ⁸⁸⁄₉₆ (2'891.97mg AG fine)
  - Copper: Bisti of 400 Dinars (= 2 Russian Kopeks) at 126 Russian zolotnik copper (15.50g CU).
• 25.08.1810
• JD:13.08.1810
• Mint instruction, terminates the issuance of copper coins; effective immediately

Timeline

• 29.01.1918
• Government Decree of the Transcaucasian Commissariat on Issuance of paper money (for Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia)
• 05.02.1918
• Start of issuance of the new paper money ("Transcaucasian coupons")

Valuation Regimes

• 1918-1919
• Potentially variable rates against other Russian (local) currencies determined as demand and supply

Timeline

• 11.07.1919
• Government decree on the issuance of provisional paper money; effective immerdiately (?)
• June 1920
• Project for the creation of a Georgian currency "Marchili": sketches for the future paper money and coins were produced, but the issuance could not be pursued.

Valuation Regimes

• 1919-1923
• Variable rates against other Russian (local) and Transcaucasian currencies

Timeline

• 10.01.1923
• Government decree of the Transcaucasian Federation (within USSR) to reform and unify the currencies of Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia; effective immediately
• ??.??.1923
• Start of issuance of the Transcaucasian banknotes (unclear if the Armenian paper money was demonetized or continued to circulate at a fixed ratio)

Valuation Regimes

• 1923-1924
• Variable rates against other (local) currencies within the USSR

Timeline

• 18.02.1924
• Government decree of the Transcaucasian Federation to adopt the Soviet currency reform of 05.02.1924; effective 07.03.1924
• 04.04.1924
• Government decree of the Transcaucasian Federation to set the ratio against the Soviet Ruble (1924) at 1 : 12'500'000'000; effective 15.04.1924
• 15.04.1924
• Start of currency exchange:
  - 15.04.1924: Start of issuance of Soviet banknotes and coins
  - 31.07.1924: Demonetization of the Transcaucasian (Armenian) currency.

Timeline

• 19.11.1993
• Government resolution on the introduction of a transitional currency; effective 01.04.1993
• 05.04.1993
• Start of currency exchange:
  - 05.04.1993: Start of issuance of the new paper money which initially circulated alongside the Russian currency
  - 02.08.1993: Demonetization of the Russian currency.

Valuation Regimes

• 1993
• Fixed against Russian Ruble (1992)
• 1993-1995
• Variable rate, highly inflationary
• 1995
• Fixed against US Dollar

Timeline

• 16.09.1995
• Presidential decree [No. N-363] on the currency reform; effective 25.09.1995
• 25.09.1995
• Start of currency exchange:
  - 25.09.1995: Start of issuance of the new banknotes and coins
  - 02.10.1995: Demonetization of the former currency.

Valuation Regimes

• 1995-
• Variable rate