Some Interesting Pattern "coins"

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gxseries Pillar of the Community Australia 3831 Posts	Posted 11/06/2009 11:44 am Here is a lot of pattern "coins" that I bought. They are suprising not that expensive, all of them well under 20 dollars each. Turns out they can be very affordable. 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

svslav Pillar of the Community United States 2605 Posts	Posted 11/06/2009 11:58 am The ones in plastic look Armenian. What are they patterns of? Could we see the other side? Report this Post to the Staff
gxseries Pillar of the Community Australia 3831 Posts	Posted 11/06/2009 12:06 pm scslav, you are very right. There's more information on this site but it's in Russian. From what I gather, these were struck for Earthquake volunteers that helped out in the 1988 Spitak earthquake. There are three varieties, one struck in brass, the other two in nickel (nickel-copper?), one in proof and the other in UNC condition. Here are the pictures: 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
Jeff 11 Valued Member United Kingdom 497 Posts	Posted 11/06/2009 12:09 pm Yep armenian definately for the one on the left. It's an Armenia 1991 1 stak, struck in nickel as a Proof. A pattern coin struck by Leningrad Mint for Earthquake volunteers in 1988. Mintage: 2000. www.kingstoncoincompany.co.uk Report this Post to the Staff
gxseries Pillar of the Community Australia 3831 Posts	Posted 11/06/2009 12:12 pm And I forgot to post the site link... http://www.armeniancoins.narod.ru/11.html Jeff11, what other information can you gather from this site? 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
svslav Pillar of the Community United States 2605 Posts	Posted 11/06/2009 12:19 pm Gxseries, if you link me to the site I could help you with the info. Russian is my native language. I see the date of May 5, 1918 on them, that is when Armenia tried to become independent of Russia. Report this Post to the Staff
svslav Pillar of the Community United States 2605 Posts	Posted 11/06/2009 12:36 pm This pattern depicts a coin of Tigran II (the Great). The coin has a legend "one stak". Around the coin it says " Silver Dram of Tigran the Great, 1st Century BC. Under the coin it says "For a Gracious Deed" (as Jeff 11 said, those were given to volunteers helping with cleaning up after the earthquake, though they say it was the earthquake of 1991). The other side says Republic of Armenia and the date of independence of Ottoman Turkey (not Russia as I said previously). Report this Post to the Staff
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