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LUPEE New Member United States 6 Posts	Posted 10/24/2011 07:20 am Can anyone give me more info about this Russian (I presume !?) coin . Thank you in advance ! Cheers Report this Post to the Staff

Rdwarrior Valued Member United States 266 Posts	Posted 10/24/2011 09:42 am Looks Greek to me, the Psi on the 3rd line in the second pic (the funny Y looking character) is from the Greek alphabet, no such letter is in the Russian alphabet. I also suspect its a token of some type, I do not see a date or denomination anywhere Edited by Rdwarrior 10/24/2011 09:44 am Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16898 Posts	Posted 10/24/2011 10:49 am It is indeed an early Russian coin, and it does in fact have a date: the psi is actually part of the Greek-derived "Cyrillic numerals" system, used on some Russian coins in the early 1700s. Wikipedia article. The five symbols, with the psi in the middle, are: (thousands indicator resembling a bent does-not-equal sign) alpha psi alpha iota, which translate to the numbers 10001 700 1 10, which gives the date 1711. The denomination is written in two lines above the date: KO-PEHKA, or 1 kopek. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis* Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16898 Posts	Posted 10/24/2011 10:52 am I'm not familiar enough with the series to tell alpha from delta. I suspect the second alpha is actually a delta, making the date 1714. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
TwoKopeiki Pillar of the Community Czech Republic 803 Posts	Posted 10/24/2011 11:46 am It appears to be an early (1682-1725) Kopek of Peter I. I'm not into this particular series, but the coin appears to have a cast appearance. I would suspect it to be a counterfeit. I base it on the design lacking sharpness that would be seen on a struck coin. Just my 2 kopeks. Report this Post to the Staff
gxseries Pillar of the Community Australia 3832 Posts	Posted 10/25/2011 11:52 am I'll say that it's 1714 kopek - can't quite tell if it's cleaned but it's still a rather neat coin. Still fetches a bit of money on the net. My partial coin collection http://www.omnicoin.com/collection/gxseries My numismatics articles and collection: http://www.gxseries.com/numis/numis_index.htm Regularly updated at least once a month. Report this Post to the Staff
LUPEE New Member United States 6 Posts	Posted 10/26/2011 4:39 pm Thank you all for the support ! Report this Post to the Staff
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