Coins With Edge Lettering (Russian)?

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SquareCircle Valued Member United States 154 Posts	Posted 06/22/2023 3:11 pm Back around the early '80s, when I was still heavily into coin collecting, I recall seeing some book about world coins in a bookstore. One thing that fascinated me and stuck in my mind was a picture of some large, thick old coin with large, fancy edge lettering. To the best of my recollection it looked like it was made of copper/bronze, and think it was Russian. Does anyone know of any coins that would fit this basic description? Edited by SquareCircle 06/22/2023 4:08 pm Report this Post to the Staff

erafjel Pillar of the Community Sweden 2124 Posts	Posted 06/22/2023 4:40 pm Some 18th century Russian coppers had edge lettering, like this 2 kopeck coin: https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces21305.html Report this Post to the Staff
january1may Pillar of the Community Russian Federation 5172 Posts	Posted 06/23/2023 01:49 am Quote: some large, thick old coin with large, fancy edge lettering How large and thick? If you mean very large and very thick, your book might have had pics of the pattern Sestroretsk ruble, a copper puck three inches across and an inch thick with extremely fancy edge lettering that is famously said to be the largest Russian coin ever. Report this Post to the Staff
Eligius Valued Member Netherlands 175 Posts	Posted 06/23/2023 05:10 am The book you are referring to probably is: The Beauty and Lore of Coins, Currency and Medals by Clain-Stefanelli, Elvira Clain-Stefanelli, Vladimir. Published by Riverwood Publishers Ltd; 1st edition (1974) ISBN 10: 091476201X ISBN 13: 9780914762010 A sestoretsk ruble is illustrated in fig 171 on page 138 Report this Post to the Staff
january1may Pillar of the Community Russian Federation 5172 Posts	Posted 06/23/2023 06:52 am Quote: that is famously said to be the largest Russian coin ever ...though the pattern plate ruble was heavier. It's also said to be the largest (heaviest) round bronze coin ever issued, though if so it's beaten by the large-size decussis, and IIRC by one or two others. Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 34397 Posts	Posted 06/23/2023 07:23 am Here is an image of the front cover of that book mentioned by @eli: "If you climb a good tree, you get a push." -----Ghanaian proverb "The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed." -----King Adz Report this Post to the Staff
SquareCircle Valued Member United States 154 Posts	Posted 06/23/2023 07:29 am Wow, you guys are good. It's been many years, and I have a poor visual memory, so it's hard for me to say for sure. But I think you may be right about the Sestoretsk ruble and the specific book. I wasn't picturing a coin quite so thick in relation to its width, but that may be a matter of the angle of the photograph in the book and/or my faulty memory. Edited by SquareCircle 06/23/2023 07:31 am Report this Post to the Staff
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