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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;talerman, post: 7751212, member: 89314&quot;]I should have mentioned that this is my understanding pf the counterfeit 5 kopek story. When Gustaf III invaded Russia in the Russo-Swedish war of 1788-1790 he needed Russian coins to pay Russian workers in the border regions. He came up with the idea of having the Avesta mint strike 5 Kopek copper coins like those of Tsarina Catherine II. The Swedes claimed that they had captured the copper coins from Russian ships.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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