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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;talerman, post: 3028057, member: 89314&quot;]I am NOT trying to jump ahead to 1661 but this miserable coin is a postscript to Kimotej&#039;s Karl XI Riga solidus. It is a forgery of his coin, struck in copper with a layer of tin to look (at least initially) like silver, dated 1661. As you may know, Eustratie Dabija, prince (or voivod) of Moldavia (1661-65), struck vast numbers of forged shillings, especially of Riga and Livonia under Sweden but also of Poland and Brandenburg, in his mint in Suceava. His forgeries completely undermined the value of the long respected Riga shillings or solidi. [ATTACH=full]754236[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]754237[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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