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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gxseries, post: 1361678, member: 4373&quot;]I honestly never thought of the day I would even obtain one of Peter III copper coins because of the scarcity and price, much less obtaining the entire set!</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are the pictures:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.omnicoin.com/coins/989260.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.omnicoin.com/coins/1001198.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.omnicoin.com/coins/988937.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Peter III copper coinages were scarce for a good reason - Peter III only ruled Russia for about 6 months and due to a copper shortage, all copper coins were ordered to be overstruck to be twice of the face value, i.e. 5 kopek coin as 10 kopek, 2 kopek as 4 kopek and 1 kopek as 2 kopek.</p><p><br /></p><p>This didn&#039;t last too long and in the next year, the coins were ordered to be re-overstruck over the next few years.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is an example:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.omnicoin.com/coins/983765.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>While Catherine II coins that were overstruck over Peter III coins are common, the same cannot be said for Peter III coins that were overstruck over Elizabeth I coins. As Peter III wasn&#039;t a popular Tsar, most of his coins if they did circulate were either overstruck or probably forgotten in people&#039;s pocket change, only to be discovered years later.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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