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Page 1 of 2 1 2 >   LinkBack Thread Tools Rate Thread Display Modes 06-09-2009, 11:49 AM   #1 (permalink) Clinker Coin Collector     Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Fort Myers, FL Posts: 1,704 My Mood: TRIVIA: Heavy Change? You've heard all the talk about the new dollar coins being minted to replace the paper Dollar in the USA (as Canada has so successfully done ). You've, also, heard the complaints of a muttering few who pretend to be disgruntled about the weight of the new Dollar coins versus paper currency in pocket or purse. Now I ask you to let the visions in your mind drift back to the Russia of 1758 to 1762 before Catherine the Great set in motion her expansionist machinations and her quest to modernize Russian Society. The coin I want you to know about is the Russian 5 Kopecks. Russian rulers, including Catherine, believed all Russian coins should contain their intrinsic value in whatever metal they are composed of. In the case of the 5 Kopecks coin you are about to see, it is composed of copper. In the late 18th and early 19th Century the 5 Kopecks copper coin was a formidable sum of money. To comply with the minting rules the coin was struck on 42mm (1 3/4") in diameter copper flans (planchets). For your enlightenment here is a photo courtesy of Don's World Coin Gallery: http://worldcoingallery.com/countrie...a%209%20kopeks Thought you ought to know... Clinker   06-09-2009, 12:11 PM   #2 (permalink) bobbeth87 Coin Collector     Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: I live near Houston, Texas Posts: 1,801 My Mood: That's a big coin....lol __________________ Bob   06-09-2009, 03:09 PM   #3 (permalink) hontonai Registered Contrarian   Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 2,429 My Mood: Quote: Originally Posted by bobbeth87 That's a big coin Not compared to a 1 foot x 2 feet, ~20 pound 1644/45 Swedish copper "plate" money ten daler of Queen Christina, KM#PM#5, Avesta Mint. (Not illustrated in Krause, so here is a picture from this very interesting site/.) __________________ Ethical conduct is being honest when no one is watching.   06-09-2009, 05:44 PM   #4 (permalink) Clinker Coin Collector     Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Fort Myers, FL Posts: 1,704 My Mood: hontanai: Quote: Originally Posted by hontonai Not compared to a 1 foot x 2 feet, ~20 pound 1644/45 Swedish copper "plate" money ten daler of Queen Christina, KM#PM#5, Avesta Mint. (Not illustrated in Krause, so here is a picture from this very interesting site/.) Didn't you read my post on Plate Money, and the post on the huge the huge Wooden Nickel in front of the Wooden Nickel Museun in San Antonio, Texas? And the Million Dollar Gold Coin struck by the Royal Canadian Mint? Clinker   06-09-2009, 05:38 PM   #5 (permalink) Clinker Coin Collector     Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Fort Myers, FL Posts: 1,704 My Mood: bobbeth87: Quote: Originally Posted by bobbeth87 That's a big coin....lol Some happenings have already been done years and centuries, don't you agree? Thanks for reading... Clinker   06-10-2009, 12:16 AM   #6 (permalink) Conder101 Numismatist   Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 4,446 None of them hold a candle next to the Yap Islands stone money "coins" __________________ Slab collector and researcher reported as of 12/29/06 132 companies 332 production varieties   06-10-2009, 12:09 PM   #7 (permalink) Clinker Coin Collector     Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Fort Myers, FL Posts: 1,704 My Mood: Conder101 Quote: Originally Posted by Conder101 None of them hold a candle next to the Yap Islands stone money "coins" I know about the Yap stone money, but they and the other huge coins mentioned by others and me weren't struck as pocket change (as the Russian 5 Kopeks were).... Clinker Last edited by Clinker; 06-10-2009 at 12:10 PM. Reason: omission   06-10-2009, 12:12 PM   #8 (permalink) De Orc P & R COMMISSAR     Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: London. UK Posts: 8,131 My Mood: LOL I love these posts of yours Clinker they realy can brighten a day up __________________ My Notes 1176 to date 02/06/09 http://www.banknotebank.com/?collection=De-Orc My Coins 2168 to date 02/06/09 http://www.omnicoin.com/?collection=De-Orc   06-10-2009, 05:30 PM   #9 (permalink) BuffaloNickel86 Member     Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: South Jersey Posts: 97 Larger than a US silver dollar and twice as heavy. That's certainly a hefty chunk of change. __________________   06-10-2009, 07:51 PM   #10 (permalink) Clinker Coin Collector     Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Fort Myers, FL Posts: 1,704 My Mood: To De ORC AND Buffalo Nickel86: Thanks for your positive comments, they keep me going... Clinker   06-10-2009, 08:03 PM   #11 (permalink) byrd740 Numismatist     Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Georgia Posts: 1,535 My Mood: Thanks Clinker, as always great info! I sure would hate to carry a bunch of those around, almost. __________________ Chase A Byrd Coin Collection | www.byrdecoins.tk Member of the ANA, GNA, RCNA and WINSociety Never, Never, Never Quit ~ Winston Churchill   06-10-2009, 08:15 PM   #12 (permalink) Conder101 Numismatist   Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 4,446 Quote: I know about the Yap stone money, but they and the other huge coins mentioned by others and me weren't struck as pocket change (as the Russian 5 Kopeks were).... How about the Siberian 10 Kopecks then? __________________ Slab collector and researcher reported as of 12/29/06 132 companies 332 production varieties   06-11-2009, 11:07 AM   #13 (permalink) Clinker Coin Collector     Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Fort Myers, FL Posts: 1,704 My Mood: To Conder101: Quote: Originally Posted by Conder101 How about the Siberian 10 Kopecks then? You are so right, and thanks, but it wasn't struck, though, until Catherine the Great ruled Russia. Here's a photo courtesy of coinarchives.com: http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotvie...ID=437&Lot=722 Clinker   06-11-2009, 05:47 PM   #14 (permalink) tmoneyeagles Indian Buffalo Gatherer     Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: San Antonio Posts: 6,314 My Mood: Clinker, there is a wooden nickel museum where I live? HMMM... This is news to me! Back to the thread... I wonder how people lugged these things around in their pockets.. LOL This was an interesting read, and just keep um' coming __________________ From The Desk Of, -T$ (Kokapowan Tribe Leader) http://www.tmoneyeagles.webs.com/   06-12-2009, 11:19 AM   #15 (permalink) Clinker Coin Collector     Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Fort Myers, FL Posts: 1,704 My Mood: To tmoneyeagles Quote: Originally Posted by tmoneyeagles Clinker, there is a wooden nickel museum where I live? HMMM... This is news to me! Back to the thread... I wonder how people lugged these things around in their pockets.. LOL This was an interesting read, and just keep um' coming Search the Internet for Wooden Nickel Museum. I lived in San Antonio in 1973. Loved the World's Fair, visiting the Alamo Shrine, selling used cars for the Ford Dealer, taking my family for walks along the downtown river walk and fishing in the park stream in SW San Antonio. Never been to the Wooden Nickel Museum. Let me know what it's like if you go there... Clinker   Page 1 of 2 1 2 > 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. 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