Can't find this coin...

So I recently found this coin, and I can't find it anywhere on the internet. It might be a token, but if it's actually a coin from 1755 it might be worth something... lol

 

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I have never seen a thing like this.. What could it be.

 

likely, not a coin

 

The reverse says 1 kopeck, so either Russian or some Slavic type.

 

Reading it it appears to be a Catherine The Great kopek but this is from a rather sketchy reading of the obverse and the reverse shows a date a few years before she came to the Russian throne. But it does appear to say kopeck (kopek)


Some clues for you to work on anyway.

 

Was she a princess then??? Maybe they made the token in reference to the princess.

 

is it copper ?

 

idk.... just found it in a plastic bag

 

WOW, What a find. For that old I would be Bouncing off of walls.

 

@Kentucky was right it is Russian. Ebay link: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Russian-1-Kopeck-copper-coin-dated-1755-new-/292107970419?hash=item4402fde773:g:IwkAAOSwqWNZABM3&nma=true&si=W6prKKULP9tAGTJ24SjczZ7833k%3D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

and it is copper.

 

unless it's a fake
lol

 

LOL

 

btw can't find it on numista
a token maybe?

 

And the seller says it is a copy

 

This might mean big money if it is real.

 

the crown is different tho

 

found it in my 18th century 2002 Krause catalog.
Russia, 1755CNE, Kopek-denomination, C#3.3, weight: 4 g. metal-copper, mintage-21,637,000, Ruler:Elizabeth
grade/value
VG-$15.00 F-$25.00 VF-$50.00 XF-$100.00
not sure what your coins grade is ? the value maybe higher than these values now.

 

Actually @Siberian Man might have good input here.

 

with a mintage that high I doubt they would make fakes for it. someone out there can probably tell you the grade and it's current value.

 

Well at least it is worth 25$ bucks you did good... Now sell that and get a morgan dollar.