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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;nixonman, post: 1482106, member: 38997&quot;]<b>Gold Wire Coins Do Exist!....I own one...</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Russian gold wire coins DO indeed exist.&nbsp; I own one, but here are some links where you can see more:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.rarecoincollector.net/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=37&amp;products_id=9026" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.rarecoincollector.net/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=37&amp;products_id=9026" rel="nofollow">http://www.rarecoincollector.net/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=37&amp;products_id=9026</a></p><p><a href="http://www.mcsearch.info/record.html?id=175913" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.mcsearch.info/record.html?id=175913" rel="nofollow">http://www.mcsearch.info/record.html?id=175913</a></p><p><a href="http://www.mcsearch.info/record.html?id=537756" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.mcsearch.info/record.html?id=537756" rel="nofollow">http://www.mcsearch.info/record.html?id=537756</a></p><p><a href="http://www.mcsearch.info/record.html?id=537754" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.mcsearch.info/record.html?id=537754" rel="nofollow">http://www.mcsearch.info/record.html?id=537754</a></p><p><a href="http://www.mcsearch.info/record.html?id=537758" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.mcsearch.info/record.html?id=537758" rel="nofollow">http://www.mcsearch.info/record.html?id=537758</a></p><p><br /></p><p>There are more pictures of gold wire coins on the internet, but this should prove my point.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you want to learn more about these gold wire coins, see:</p><p><br /></p><p>Lapa, Frank A. <i>Russian Wire Money</i>. N.p., 1967. </p><p>Spasskiĭ, I. G. <i>The Russian Monetary System. A Historico-Numismatic Survey</i>. Amsterdam: Jacques Schulman, 1968. </p><p><br /></p><p>From&nbsp; what I understand, they were never made for circulation, but instead&nbsp; they were given to courageous soldiers as tokens of appreciation and to&nbsp; coin collectors.&nbsp; Often times they have holes punched through them&nbsp; because the soldiers wore them on necklaces.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The attached photo is a picture of the coin I own.&nbsp; I will upload better photos of it when I get home in August!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]187613.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p>By the way, &quot;novodel&quot; does not necessarily mean it is an intimation or modern.&nbsp; &nbsp; If&nbsp; this coin is actually a &quot;novodel,&quot; my&nbsp; coin could be &quot;sanctioned remake from the official mint,&quot; perhaps, from the&nbsp; late 1700s or early 1800s. (I am working on having it certified.)</p><p><br /></p><p>See --&gt; ( <a href="http://reviews.ebay.com/Novodels-What-are-they-exactly?ugid=10000000001451380" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://reviews.ebay.com/Novodels-What-are-they-exactly?ugid=10000000001451380" rel="nofollow">http://reviews.ebay.com/...?ugid=10000000001451380 </a>, <a href="http://www.coinpeople.com/index.php?/topic/26812-novodel/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinpeople.com/index.php?/topic/26812-novodel/" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinpeople.co...p?/topic/26812-novodel/ </a>, <a href="http://vintages-antiques-collectibles.knoji.com/novodels-restrikes-of-russian-coins/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://vintages-antiques-collectibles.knoji.com/novodels-restrikes-of-russian-coins/" rel="nofollow">http://vintages-antiques...rikes-of-russian-coins/ </a>).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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