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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrsmat71, post: 1997891, member: 42634&quot;]the day DS started this thread i bid on a small wire money lot and won.&nbsp; i picked up the missing portion of my ivan iv coin above, and got this &quot;chunk&quot; of a peter i.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/modern%20coins/102_5234_zps29116d5e.jpg.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/modern%20coins/102_5234_zps29116d5e.jpg.html" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/gg513/chrsmat71/modern%20coins/102_5234_zps29116d5e.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p>Tsar Peter I Alekseevich</p><p>AR wire kopek</p><p>1682-1721</p><p>(i&#039;m guessing on the date, the date would be shown below the horse...you can see portion of it on the some of the coins above. the reverse reads &quot; &quot;Tsar and Grand Prince Peter Alekseevich of Entire Russia&quot;. according to wikipedia, he held that title during these dates).</p><p>10x7 mm</p><p>0.3 g</p><p><br /></p><p>here&#039;s mine pretty well matched up with DS&#039;s first coin..</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]357681[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>here&#039;s the basic full set up...</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.metaldetectingworld.com/wire_money_coins/1701_kopek_design.gif" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>interesting page on wire money..</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.metaldetectingworld.com/russian_coins_peter_i.shtml" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.metaldetectingworld.com/russian_coins_peter_i.shtml" rel="nofollow">http://www.metaldetectingworld.com/russian_coins_peter_i.shtml</a></p><p><br /></p><p>DS...look at this page for specific dating details..</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.metaldetectingworld.com/convert_cyrillic_date_julian.shtml" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.metaldetectingworld.com/convert_cyrillic_date_julian.shtml" rel="nofollow">http://www.metaldetectingworld.com/convert_cyrillic_date_julian.shtml</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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