Moldavia & Wallachia~sadagura Coins

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DJB1968 Valued Member United States 106 Posts	Posted 12/24/2009 11:28 am This section will deal with coins from the PRINCIPALITY OF MOLDAVIA & WALLACHIA. Moldavia & Wallachia had become vassals of the Ottoman Empire in 15th century, however by mid 1700's, Ottoman power had greatly diminished. As a result, Russian influence started to grow, and had occupied the region in 1739, 1769-74, and 1788-1791. The Russo-Turkish war broke out in 1768 and during this period, a special coinage was introduced. Between 1771 and 1774, coins were struck from the captured Turkish cannons at the mint in SADAGURA (now a municipality in Ukraine). Because of this, these are often called 'Sadagura Coins' by numismatists. The coins came in two denominations, 1 Para/3 Dengi and 2 Para/3 Kopek with varities for both coins. In 1774, the treaty of 'Kuchak-Kainarji' was signed ending the Russo-Turkish War. Both coins have the crowned arms bearing two shields for both Moldavia and Wallachia with the Cyrillic legend along the rim, and the date below the arms. The reverse has the respective currency written in Cyrillic legend, outlined with a braided square. MOLDAVIA & WALLACHIA (PRINCIPALITY)~1 Para/3 Dengi 1772 <Large Crown> MOLDAVIA & WALLACHIA (PRINCIPALITY)~2 Para/3 Kopek 1773 Edited by DJB1968 12/24/2009 11:30 am Report this Post to the Staff

svslav Pillar of the Community United States 2605 Posts	Posted 12/27/2009 12:47 am Beautiful coins. Do you know what caused the foreign formation on the sides of the square on the obverse of 2 para? Has someone mounted it onto anything? Report this Post to the Staff
DJB1968 Valued Member United States 106 Posts	Posted 12/27/2009 01:03 am Thanks 'svslav'. Yes, this had been mounted used as a pin or brooch. Fortunately, the scars are away from the design, and only on the reverse. I got this relatively cheep for this reason. This is probably the best specimen I've seen for this (barring the mount marks. Most of these are in horrid condition due to weak striking, corrosion and wear. Here is another example of the same denomination dated 1772. This is specimen is slightly above average to what is usually found for these. MOLDAVIA & WALLACHIA (PRINCIPALITY)~2 Para/3 Kopek 1772 Edited by DJB1968 12/27/2009 01:14 am Report this Post to the Staff
wcg Valued Member United States 217 Posts	Posted 12/27/2009 01:56 am Excellent pieces. The mount is unfortunate, but the detail is quite amazing. Report this Post to the Staff
DJB1968 Valued Member United States 106 Posts	Posted 12/27/2009 08:25 am Thanks 'wcg'. True, it's unfortunate about the mount marks, but what the seller told me was is if it hadn't been mounted, it most likely would have ended up in the same miserable condition as the other specimens. You also have to be careful now, becauase fakes are starting to show up on ebay for both denominations. Some sellers list them as copies, but others try to pass them off as genuine. I guess it was just a matter of time before this would happen. ~Daniel Report this Post to the Staff
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