Coin Found In Mediterranean Sea. Please Help Me Identify It!

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Flyvse New Member Denmark 2 Posts	Posted 10/14/2012 11:00 pm Hello! I'm hoping I could get some help identifying a coin I found. I went to Antalya in Turkey this summer and found a tiny coin in the ocean. The coin is a bit damaged, but the inscriptions are still pretty visible and clear, though I'm having a bit of a hard time identifying the language on it. Nevertheless, it shows a man riding on a horse on the one side and a quite large "1" on the other. I doubt it's ancient due to the time it has spent in the sea, but I'm quite curious to know more about it. I uploaded a few pictures of the coin here:http://imgur.com/a/QAu9T I've been looking at a few websites to see if I could find some info on it, but haven't had any luck yet. A little help with identification would be much appreciated! - Flyvse Edited by Flyvse 10/14/2012 11:12 pm Report this Post to the Staff

Sap Moderator Australia 16842 Posts	Posted 10/14/2012 11:40 pm There's not much left of it, but there's enough to make out that it is indeed a coin and even what it originally was: a modern Russian 1 kopek. Originally, it would have looked more like this. The backwards-facing "N" was the clue that the inscription was in the Cyrillic alphabet; the horse meant either Russia or Bulgaria were possibilities. From there, it was easy to find. 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
vermontensium Moderator United States 16679 Posts	Posted 10/14/2012 11:43 pm Nice to see a new member from Denmark. My wifes family is from Aalborg. Been there a couple times...beautiful country. swcoin.ecrater.com Report this Post to the Staff
Windchild Pillar of the Community Canada 1411 Posts	Posted 10/14/2012 11:49 pm to CCF! Report this Post to the Staff
Flyvse New Member Denmark 2 Posts	Posted 10/15/2012 12:03 am Sap: Thank you so much, it's nice to finally find out what it is and where it's from! Actually it does make sense that the coin is Russian; the place I went to was packed with Russian tourists, so I should have figured! Vermontensium: Thank you! I'm really glad you liked it here. Being a Dane, it makes me proud! Windchild: Thank you very much! :) Report this Post to the Staff
Drsandman2 Pillar of the Community United States 1374 Posts	Posted 10/15/2012 04:32 am Wow, that is cool. Surprised the salt water didn't eat it up. Report this Post to the Staff
DVCollector Bedrock of the Community United States 10045 Posts	Posted 10/15/2012 2:12 pm Report this Post to the Staff
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