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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2156581, member: 19463&quot;]I like the wire money but it gets a bit frustrating finding ones that have enough detail that I find them pleasing.&nbsp; I have seen examples where someone assembled a set of six coins off center in different ways to show all the detail on one type.&nbsp; Most of the ones I have showed some little part of the detail that attracted me.&nbsp; Two Mikhails complement each other although they are not identical types.&nbsp; The first has a broad flan which means it is thin and has weak face detail even though the head is on flan and there is more legend than most show.&nbsp; The second is thicker and not badly centered with a lot of face on the Tsar.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]414571[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]414572[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Usually at least as ugly as mine is what I consider an interesting sidelight of the silver wire issues.&nbsp; In 1654 during the reign of Alexei Mikhailovich, the government issued copper wire coins equated in value with the old silver ones.&nbsp; This wrecked the already troubled economy.&nbsp; Unrest peaked in 1662 when thousands rioted in the streets of Moscow and were squashed by government troops.&nbsp; The upper classes and the tsar were sufficiently scared by the event that the next coins returned to silver.&nbsp;&nbsp; Copper kopecks are crude and unpopular compared to silver except with people like me who like the story that accompanies them.&nbsp; </p><p><a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=copper+riot&amp;rlz=1C1CHAB_enUS435US435&amp;oq=copper+riot&amp;aqs=chrome..69i57j0l2.3939j0j7&amp;sourceid=chrome&amp;es_sm=122&amp;ie=UTF-8" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.google.com/search?q=copper+riot&amp;rlz=1C1CHAB_enUS435US435&amp;oq=copper+riot&amp;aqs=chrome..69i57j0l2.3939j0j7&amp;sourceid=chrome&amp;es_sm=122&amp;ie=UTF-8" rel="nofollow">https://www.google.com/search?q=copper+riot&amp;rlz=1C1CHAB_enUS435US435&amp;oq=copper+riot&amp;aqs=chrome..69i57j0l2.3939j0j7&amp;sourceid=chrome&amp;es_sm=122&amp;ie=UTF-8</a></p><p>[ATTACH=full]414573[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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