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<p>[QUOTE="John Conduitt, post: 5156424, member: 109923"]Russian coins very often have obliquely milled edges, either diagonal or 'reticulated' (in a net pattern). Sweden and Russia share quite a bit of coin history, due to various military incursions, like the Swedish Occupation wire kopeks and the 5 kopeks from the Russian-Swedish War of 1788-1790, minted in Avesta.</p><p><br /></p><p>Diagonal:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1209223[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1209217[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Alexander I, 5 kopeks, 1803, Ekaterinburg. 43.5mm, 51g (Bitkin 284).</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Reticulated:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1209203[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1209202[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Anna Ivanovna, 5 kopeks, 1730, Moscow Kadashevsky. 31.82mm, 19.31g (Bitkin 251 var. Rand 5).</b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="John Conduitt, post: 5156424, member: 109923"]Russian coins very often have obliquely milled edges, either diagonal or 'reticulated' (in a net pattern). Sweden and Russia share quite a bit of coin history, due to various military incursions, like the Swedish Occupation wire kopeks and the 5 kopeks from the Russian-Swedish War of 1788-1790, minted in Avesta. Diagonal: [ATTACH=full]1209223[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1209217[/ATTACH] [B]Alexander I, 5 kopeks, 1803, Ekaterinburg. 43.5mm, 51g (Bitkin 284).[/B] Reticulated: [ATTACH=full]1209203[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1209202[/ATTACH] [B]Anna Ivanovna, 5 kopeks, 1730, Moscow Kadashevsky. 31.82mm, 19.31g (Bitkin 251 var. Rand 5).[/B][/QUOTE]
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