Hi everyone, I have been living in Asia for some time now and it resulted in my coin collecting coming to a near freeze. There are a lot of fakes in the markets here and collectors have no problem "testing" you. Recently I posted that I was seeking out reputable coin dealers in the city and got the name of a few but I also received a PM from another expat stating that he has the following coin: He replied: Silver coint 19century, Yaroslav Mudry. Ukraine His pictures: I don't know anything about this coin and all my old books and materials are in Canada. Could anyone shine this a little light on what I'm looking here and what would you be ready to pay for such a piece. Thanks for your time !
I rather not find out. Such coins are actually extremely rare and unless you know it inside out, I wouldn't want to waste money on it. The chances of finding scarce coins in street markets especially Asia / Eastern Europe are long gone.
I would buy it if it's cheap. It's a really nice coin, so you can't go too wrong if the price is less than $50 or so.
I don't want to pay more than 24$ lets see how this pans out. I will have to wait on these papers he is fetching.
I would say: it's modern fake of an old silver coin of Yaroslav. But not from Ukraine. It was Kievan Rus'.
It seems to me that the coin is made by a moulding (cast) method. But in fact it were hammered coins.
I will have to go inspect it in person to determine if it's a cast. I had the same impression from the get go.
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To clarify Kievan Rus was the basis for modern state of Ukraine and Russia. What is now Ukraine was controlled by Kievan Rus, Ottoman Empire, Byzantine Empire, Polish Lithuanian commonwealth and then Russian Empire beginning in 17th century. Hetman Bogdan Kheminitsky sought protection from the Ottoman Empire and pursued a treaty giving Russia sovereignty in what is now Ukraine.
As I know Byzantine Empire never controlled the territory of modern Ukraine and Russia. During a short period Byzantines controlled southern coast of Crimea only. And about Hetman Bogdan Khmelnitsky: he sought protection not from Ottoman Empire but from Poland (it was the time of the Polish-Ukrainian War 1648-1654).
