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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zantetsuken, post: 745933, member: 21665&quot;]This first section deals with coins from <b>SIBERIA</b>. Siberia was home to many nomadic tribes, and in the 13th century came under the occupation of the Mongols. When the Golden Horde disbanded, the Siberian Khanate was established in the 14th century. As Russia gained power, it started to expand it&#039;s influence east of the Ural Mountains by sending in traders and Cossacks into region. Eventually Russian troops set up forts and outpost further eastward. Eventually, the Siberian Khanate was toppled. By the 16th century, Russia&#039;s control extended to the Pacific coast. In the Tartar languange, &#039;Siber&#039; translates roughly into &#039;The Sleeping Land&#039; thus the name Siberia. During the reign of Ekaterina Romanov II, a mining colony was set up in the Altai Mountains. Due to a shortage of coins, a mint was set up Kolyvan to strike coins for the region. Coins were struck as early as 1763 up till 1781. Coins were issued in denominations of Poloushkas (1/4 Kopek), Dengas (1/2 Kopek), 1,2,5 and 10 Kopeks. All denominations excluding the Poloushka contain the regional arms bearing a crowned shield with the respective denomination written in Cyrillic supported by two sables, and &#039;СИБИРСКАЯ МОНЕТА/SIBERIAN MONEY&#039; written along the rim. on the obverse. The reverse shows Ekaterina&#039;s stylised seal in the center with crown and wreath and the intials K/M for the Kolyvan mint.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww65/samuraisedge/Siberia1Kopek1771.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><i><b>SIBERIA~1 Kopek 1771</b></i></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww65/samuraisedge/Siberia2Kopek1769.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><i><b>SIBERIA~2 Kopek 1769</b></i></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww65/samuraisedge/Siberia5Kopek1767.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><i><b>SIBERIA~5 Kopek 1767</b></i></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww65/samuraisedge/Siberia10Kopek1777.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><i><b>SIBERIA~10 Kopek 1777</b></i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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