More Help Please | Russian "wire Money" Silver Kopek

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chequer Pillar of the Community Canada 4227 Posts	Posted 02/06/2009 10:43 am This is a very small and thin coin. Approx 10mm x 13mm and almost razor thin. It appears silver. Thanks very much! Edited by Sap 02/12/2009 06:53 am Report this Post to the Staff

bart Pillar of the Community Belgium 651 Posts	Posted 02/06/2009 12:56 pm This is a Russian silver wire kopek. I am afraid I cannot read the legends, but I am certain someone else on this forum can. Do I read Michael (3rd line)? Report this Post to the Staff
chequer Pillar of the Community Canada 4227 Posts	Posted 02/06/2009 1:05 pm Would this be it? http://www.anythinganywhere.com/com...mos-m6'8.jpg This is from another site I searched after your help, bart. Thanks! Edited by chequer 02/06/2009 1:08 pm Report this Post to the Staff
bart Pillar of the Community Belgium 651 Posts	Posted 02/06/2009 1:18 pm It is indeed that kind of coin. They were made during the reign of several czars. Their titles are written on the coins, so you can distinguish them. Unfortunately I am not an expert in reading Cyrillic legends. I am certain someone on this forum will be able to tell exactly which wire kopek this is (during which czar's reign it was minted). Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16816 Posts	Posted 02/06/2009 9:58 pm Quote: Do I read Michael (3rd line)? Yes, that's how I read it - Tsar Mikhail of Russia. These coins are called "wire money" because they were made by rolling silver bullion into thick wires, and snipping off pieces of wire the correct weight which were then stamped into coins - hence their unusual shape. Yours looks sufficiently "crude" to be an actual coin of Mikhail. During the 1800's, the Russians made restrikes or "novodels" of their old coins, but the novodel wire kopeks of Mikhail are normally much neater and tidier - like this one. 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
chequer Pillar of the Community Canada 4227 Posts	Posted 02/07/2009 08:59 am Thanks again ... this is great! Report this Post to the Staff
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More Help Please | Russian "Wire Money" Silver Kopek