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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 41838, member: 39&quot;]Guess it is a coin like this one ...</p><p><a href="http://www.hunterian.gla.ac.uk/Archives/imperialGranny/coins/images/coin40_obv.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.hunterian.gla.ac.uk/Archives/imperialGranny/coins/images/coin40_obv.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://www.hunterian.gla.ac.uk/Archives/imperialGranny/coins/images/coin40_obv.jpg</a></p><p><a href="http://www.hunterian.gla.ac.uk/Archives/imperialGranny/coins/images/coin40_rev.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.hunterian.gla.ac.uk/Archives/imperialGranny/coins/images/coin40_rev.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://www.hunterian.gla.ac.uk/Archives/imperialGranny/coins/images/coin40_rev.jpg</a></p><p><br /></p><p>That is a Russian 1 kopek coin. The &quot;1898 TOAA&quot; refers to the year when it was minted. The characters are the Cyrillic G, O, D and A, and &quot;goda&quot; means year AFAIK. The initials below are Cyrillic &quot;SPB&quot; - the mintmark for St. Petersburg.</p><p><br /></p><p>On the other side you see the Russian double eagle, surrounded by some Russian text. I don&#039;t speak Russian but I think the top part means something like &quot;Russian Mint (or Money?)&quot;. Below you see &quot;One Kopek&quot; ...</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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