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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gxseries, post: 2536278, member: 4373&quot;]This is something I&#039;ve meant to do for a while and finally got around to cataloging all the Moldavia &amp; Wallachia coins that I have in my collection. I have been hunting them for a few years and I think it&#039;s time to take a break as I&#039;ve got pretty much everything with the exception of some excessive rare patterns.</p><p><br /></p><p>As these coins were struck with captured Turkish cannon metal, these coins are generally found in poor conditions to start off with. I guess I got really lucky with some coins as I started collecting with a student budget many years ago. In particular the 1795 2 kopek, 1771 1 para - 3 kopek and 1772 1 para - 3 kopek (valak) all proved to be very very difficult. Surprisingly pattern coins are somewhat easier to find. There are varieties to this but I guess that&#039;s enough for me.</p><p><br /></p><p>One aspect I found interesting while photographing is the die rotation of the coins. As you can see from the reverse, I tried to faithfully keep the orientation. Also what I find something that&#039;s often neglected is the edges - they do have some beautiful floral pattern.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ok enough talk for now and let&#039;s get to the main course</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://issuu.com/gxseries/docs/sadagura_coinage_1771_74" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://issuu.com/gxseries/docs/sadagura_coinage_1771_74" rel="nofollow">https://issuu.com/gxseries/docs/sadagura_coinage_1771_74</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Please feel free to post your Sadagura coins![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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