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empty_minded New Member United States 14 Posts	Posted 07/14/2006 12:57 am I was cleaning my room and found 5 coins from Soviet Russia. I do not know the system they ad but here is what I can figure: - are the Russian characters I do not have on my keyboard 1) 1 KO-E-KA 1989 2) 2 KO-E-K- 1988 3) 10 KO-EEK 1988 4) 15 KO-EEK 1982 5) 10 CTOT-HK- 1962 Can someone tell me a pronunciation on these words? All except #5 have the same seal on the front with CCCP What is CCCP? Report this Post to the Staff

Sap Moderator Australia 16842 Posts	Posted 07/14/2006 02:38 am Coins 1 to 4: 1, 2, 10 and 15 kopecks (also spelled kopeks). There were (still are, theoretically) 100 kopeks to the ruble (also spelled rouble). "CCCP" is USSR in Russian. The "C" is the Cyrillic S and the "P" is the Cyrillic R (I assume the Russian word for "Union of" starts with an S). Russian isn't the only language written in the Cyrillic alphabet. Coin 5 is from Bulgaria, and the denomination on this one is 10 stotinki. There were (and are) 100 stotinki to the lev. 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
RenaL Pillar Of The Community Turkey 1205 Posts	Posted 07/14/2006 04:37 am The letters that you couldn't write (in this word) are P, (that looks like Greek Pi) and I (like in the word "pill") that is vertical mirror image of N. The singular is Kopeika, and plural is a little complicated; Kopeek, Kopeiki are forms of plural, I don't remember the exact grammar they use but I believe the have kopeiki for 2 and kopeek for more than 2 (some different pronunciations with silent auxiliary letters are engraved on Russian coins from time to time). As in the last coin you mentioned, Bulgarian cent for Lev (plural Leva) is stotinka, which becomes stotinki in plural form. Bulgaria also has used some differnt pronunciations for Lev. I guess that comes with the new governments. As rulers change they eliminate the silent letters. To see what I mean, check the link Sap gave and see the letter "hard sign (yer)" Report this Post to the Staff
gxseries Pillar of the Community Australia 3831 Posts	Posted 07/14/2006 04:38 am If you pronounced with a Siberian accent, yes, K"o"pek is a valid pronounciation. But in other areas of Russia, it would perhaps be more accurate if you pronounced as K"a"pekika for singular. For two to four kopeks, you pronounce them as K"a"pekiki and anything greater than that, K"a"peek. Examples of the above explaination (note of the spelling difference) The last coin that you have mentioned is not Russian but Bulgarian. I believe it is pronounced as St'a'tinki. 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
RenaL Pillar Of The Community Turkey 1205 Posts	Posted 07/14/2006 5:47 pm Thanks for the info, but I have to correct you that stotinki is absolutely with an O :) Report this Post to the Staff
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