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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrsmat71, post: 2489906, member: 42634&quot;]i hope no one minds if i show some &quot;modern&quot; coins for my pair.&nbsp; these were struck however, more like ancients in terms of how they were manufactured.</p><p><br /></p><p>here&#039;s the first.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/modern%20coins/102_5219_zps3f4a7ca9.jpg.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/modern%20coins/102_5219_zps3f4a7ca9.jpg.html" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/gg513/chrsmat71/modern%20coins/102_5219_zps3f4a7ca9.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p>here&#039;s the second, dime to show size...</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/modern%20coins/102_4567_zpseac065f5.jpg.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/modern%20coins/102_4567_zpseac065f5.jpg.html" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/gg513/chrsmat71/modern%20coins/102_4567_zpseac065f5.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p>and the obverse...</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/modern%20coins/102_4565_zpsa7eafdee.jpg.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/modern%20coins/102_4565_zpsa7eafdee.jpg.html" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/gg513/chrsmat71/modern%20coins/102_4565_zpsa7eafdee.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p>if you haven&#039;t seen this stuff, it&#039;s russian &quot;wire money&quot;, these are from ivan the teirrble, 16th century.</p><p><br /></p><p>they use tiny little pieces of silver were smaller than the dies i guess, so you almost never get the whole thing on one piece.&nbsp; the reverses of these two coins together almost give me a full reverse legend...i may be missing a letter or so.&nbsp;&nbsp; but the legends fit together great.&nbsp;&nbsp; i even keep them in the same flip...there&#039;s plenty of room.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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