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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;atlantic3009, post: 1476527, member: 38863&quot;]To go further back in time I will post pictures of coins known as Sadagura coins.</p><p>The coins were struck between 1771 and 1774 as war money during the Russian-Turkish war between 1768-1774 that ended in with the peace treaty of Kuciuk-Kainargi.</p><p>Although it was a war between Russians and Turks many operations were lead through Romanian Principalities of Moldova and Wallachia.</p><p>Therefore the Barron Gartenberg received a special privilege from Russian tzarina Catherine the Second to mint coins that would circulate only in Moldova and Wallachia (introduction of this coins in Russia was prohibited).</p><p>These coins were used by the Russians to purchase supplies during the war. After the war the Romanian peasants were left holding some worthless pieces of metal (nobody would accept these coins as payment <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />).</p><p>I have two bronze pieces in pretty bad shape (they were also cleaned <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />) both from 1772 I think. Some silver pieces were minted too but I don&#039;t have any. Pieces below are one &quot;para&quot;/3 &quot;denghi&quot; and two &quot;para&quot;/3 &quot;kopeeks&quot;.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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