Russian Wire Coin Or "fish Scale" Identification

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allranger Pillar of the Community United States 1391 Posts	Posted 07/05/2012 11:18 am 1703? I don't read Russian but my friend does. Peter I? Report this Post to the Staff

tzarmarko Pillar of the Community 614 Posts	Posted 07/05/2012 11:27 am This is old old old Russian which sadly I can't read. Report this Post to the Staff
january1may Pillar of the Community Russian Federation 5174 Posts	Posted 07/09/2012 01:21 am The two main visible lines are ЬПЕТ Е3ИЕB which means [tsar]' Pet[er Al]exiev[ich], so yeah, it's Peter I. The date seems to be 1703 but could easily be 1713 - the image's way too small Either way, you got relatively lucky. It's hard to find a Peter I copeck with a fully visible year - the image on the dies had something like 5-7 times the area of the actual coin! EDIT: The darned forum software just won't let me write the correct letters! I had to exchange them for similar symbols Edited by january1may 07/09/2012 6:12 pm Report this Post to the Staff
allranger Pillar of the Community United States 1391 Posts	Posted 07/09/2012 10:29 am I will try to get a better image with my microscope. Things are so small to begin with. No wonder they call them fish scales. I wonder why they made the dies so large? Report this Post to the Staff
allranger Pillar of the Community United States 1391 Posts	Posted 07/09/2012 11:23 pm Here is a better pic of the reverse(?). This is the side with the date on it correct? Report this Post to the Staff
january1may Pillar of the Community Russian Federation 5174 Posts	Posted 07/09/2012 11:41 pm Yeah, that's it. 1703. Good catch! Mine is 1709 and also awfully tiny (I've just now tried to look exactly how tiny but apparently I've managed to lose it sometime over the last 2-3 weeks ) Report this Post to the Staff
allranger Pillar of the Community United States 1391 Posts	Posted 07/10/2012 09:52 am january, Thanks for the confirmation. I had no clue how small they were before I bought them. Even in the dime size 2x2 they have a ton of wiggle room. Report this Post to the Staff
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Russian Wire Coin Or "Fish Scale" Identification