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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;scottishmoney, post: 2360541, member: 12789&quot;]Furthermore when coins were specifically minted for Siberia from 1764-1781 they were believed to have had trace amounts of silver in them because the mint in Suzun didn&#039;t have the capacity to refine out the trace silver from the copper.&nbsp; That is purported to be the reason the Siberian coins were smaller than their Russian counterparts.&nbsp; The mints in Sankt Peterburg and Moscow were using locally sourced copper from western Russia - the mint in Suzun was using it&#039;s locally sourced copper also.</p><p><br /></p><p>Seeing if this works:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i1252.photobucket.com/albums/hh578/scottishmoney/sib2_zps7ncijib5.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Well, not really since it shrunk the image <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>At least this image should be seeable;</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i1252.photobucket.com/albums/hh578/scottishmoney/moldavia_zpso2nz94jc.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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