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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 892707, member: 19463&quot;]According to the invoice inside, I bought a little pamphlet&nbsp; <b>Russian Wire Money</b> by Frank A. Lapa in early 1996.&nbsp; At the time I only collected ancient coins so I put it away in a box in the attic and forgot it.&nbsp; What I forgot included five wire coins in paper envelopes taped to the inside cover of the pamphlet.&nbsp;&nbsp; While looking for another book I remember buying and can&#039;t find, I happened upon the Wire Money book and decided to get it out now that I have expanded my interests to include medieval coins.&nbsp; These are still too recent to really fit my current interests but their style of manufacture is a few centuries older looking than their 16th-17th century dates.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Perhaps more interesting is the degree of tone on these coins after spending 14 years in a hot attic sandwiched in a acidic paper booklet in a box with other non archival materials.&nbsp; Most of the wire coins you see offered for sale look like they have been recently cleaned.&nbsp; These don&#039;t.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is amazing how the mind works.&nbsp; I can&#039;t remember buying the book and only vaguely recall buying the coins but had no idea where they were.&nbsp; I can remember details of Roman history with no problem but not where I put something for 14 years.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Wire silver are still cheap if you stick to the common ones like these five but can get very expensive if you venture into the rarities.&nbsp; All are on small flans with most missing some part of the design that makes me not want the coin.&nbsp; These strike me as better than average.&nbsp; They were made by the millions until Peter the Great modernized the Russian currency and issued silver Rubles worth 100 of these little things. </p><p><br /></p><p>Does anyone collect them?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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