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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Brett_in_Sacto, post: 2225446, member: 71510&quot;]Hi all,</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m working through limited resources and a friend of the family to help identify the following coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s an 1838 20 Zloty gold coin from Poland / Russia (3 rubles)</p><p><br /></p><p>There is no mint mark on this one.&nbsp; The others I&#039;ve seen have a stamping in what I believe are Russian characters not available on an English keyboard (I know there are maps but I&#039;m out of my realm neither speak nor write in Russian).</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a link to one for sale with the mint marking shown (3 characters below date)</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/RUSSIA-POLAND-RUSSIA-3-RUBLES-20-ZLOTY-1838-YEAR-GOLD-COIN-XF-UNC-16-593pieces-/221849950886?hash=item33a7499aa6" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/RUSSIA-POLAND-RUSSIA-3-RUBLES-20-ZLOTY-1838-YEAR-GOLD-COIN-XF-UNC-16-593pieces-/221849950886?hash=item33a7499aa6" rel="nofollow">http://www.ebay.com/itm/RUSSIA-POLAND-RUSSIA-3-RUBLES-20-ZLOTY-1838-YEAR-GOLD-COIN-XF-UNC-16-593pieces-/221849950886?hash=item33a7499aa6</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The coins I have found are stamped something similar to CNH across the bottom of the obverse (reverse?&nbsp; I don&#039;t even know which way is up on these!).</p><p><br /></p><p>Was there more than one mint for these?&nbsp; Could this be an error?&nbsp; It is the correct weight and size, we have verified.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Any ideas or direction would be helpful.&nbsp; I haven&#039;t had my hands and eyes on this yet, but we are very sure it&#039;s AU and possibly may go uncirculated.&nbsp; I&#039;m interested in opinions, thoughts and where we might turn next?</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks everyone!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]436711[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]436712[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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