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LinkBack Thread Tools Rate Thread Display Modes 11-18-2005, 10:59 AM   #1 (permalink) aacoins Member   Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 46 Any ideas please Tiny little silver coin Attached Thumbnails       11-18-2005, 12:04 PM   #2 (permalink) Conder101 Numismatist   Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 4,448 Russian wire money. I believe the period was late 1500's to early 1600's. Sorry can't tell you which czar it is. __________________ Slab collector and researcher reported as of 12/29/06 132 companies 332 production varieties   11-19-2005, 01:24 PM   #3 (permalink) Mikjo0 Numismatist     Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Fairfax,VA Posts: 2,321 I'm not sure if any other czars issued them but here is my wire kopek of Ivan the Terrible.I've read that he actually hated them and called for "those little bugs" to be recalled and melted down. Attached Thumbnails       11-19-2005, 01:47 PM   #4 (permalink) Bonedigger Numismatist     Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: South Dakota Posts: 7,885 I think it's pretty cool!!! Bone   11-19-2005, 11:47 PM   #5 (permalink) quick dog Senior Member     Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Placerville, CA Posts: 405 How would you like to have been the poor schmuck who minted ugly coins for Ivan?   11-20-2005, 12:38 AM   #6 (permalink) Mikjo0 Numismatist     Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Fairfax,VA Posts: 2,321 Probably terrible!   11-27-2005, 08:50 PM   #7 (permalink) sema Junior Member   Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: chicago Posts: 14 The coin on the top is a kopek of Peter the Great, it is dated 1701. check more wire money here: http://kopek.ws/cgi-bin/topcoin?f=2   11-28-2005, 10:32 PM   #8 (permalink) Mikjo0 Numismatist     Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Fairfax,VA Posts: 2,321 Cool Sema,thanks for the link.Can you tell the date on mine? You must speak and read Russian. Last edited by Mikjo0; 11-28-2005 at 10:34 PM.   11-28-2005, 10:43 PM   #9 (permalink) Aidan Work Numismatist   Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Wellington,New Zealand. Posts: 6,467 Czar Mikhail I (or 'Michael' in English) (ruled 1613-45) issued wire Kopecks.They are nice little hammered coins.They depict the Czar mounted on horseback on the obverse & the title of the Czar is inscribed on the reverse.I have got one of these coins. Aidan.   11-29-2005, 05:54 PM   #10 (permalink) sema Junior Member   Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: chicago Posts: 14 to Mikjo0: the information on your holder is correct, but Ivan-the-Terrible's Denga=1/2Kopek type did not bear dates on it. to Aidan Work: this was a standard design for wire kopeks from early 1500s (Ivan 4 the Terrible) to early 1700s (Peter 1 the Great) - a horse rider with a spear on the obverse and the ruller's title on the reverse. half kopeks had horsemen with swords instead. fyi, the word "KOPEK" origins from the word "KOPJE" which in Russian means SPEAR   12-03-2005, 12:55 PM   #11 (permalink) karrlot Senior Member     Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 226 Why are they called "wire" coins?   12-03-2005, 01:52 PM   #12 (permalink) gxseries Coin Collector   Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 1,900 Simply because coins were struck on silver wires!!! Primitive but that's how it worked in the past. These were then cut up and hence the term "wire" coins. __________________ My partial list of coins: Omnicoin My numismatics articles and collection: http://www.gxseries.com/numis/numis_index.htm Regularly updated at least once a month.   12-03-2005, 07:03 PM   #13 (permalink) sema Junior Member   Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: chicago Posts: 14 It is very easy to keep the standard weight by cutting the pieces of the same length from silver wire of fixed diameter   Bookmarks Digg del.icio.us StumbleUpon Google Would you like to support CoinTalk? Coin Talk Code of Honor 1. Post unto others as you would have them post unto you. 2. Keep it clean, like a 1950s family television show. 3. If you don't like the coin, don't trash the person. « Couple of interesting Byzantines | Dont go to the coin Fair without your Glasses LOL » Thread Tools Show Printable Version Email this Page Display Modes Rate This Thread Switch to Linear Mode Hybrid Mode Switch to Threaded Mode Rate This Thread: 5 : Excellent 4 : Good 3 : Average 2 : Bad 1 : Terrible Posting Rules You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts BB code is On Smilies are On [IMG] code is On HTML code is Off Trackbacks are On Pingbacks are On Refbacks are On Forum Rules Similar Threads Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post Any Ideas on this coin or token fastfun1111 World & Ancient Coins 3 10-29-2007 02:49 PM Coin show exhibit ideas hamman88 US Coins Forum 38 09-20-2007 01:20 AM Any Ideas on this France Coin or token?????? benk1234 World & Ancient Coins 6 02-10-2006 02:09 PM Any ideas please aacoins World & Ancient Coins 5 09-27-2005 11:03 PM Uncirculated Denver coin...any ideas? octopusouphut What's it Worth 2 06-26-2005 09:33 AM LinkBack LinkBack URL About LinkBacks

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