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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Teddydogno1, post: 1980289, member: 71226&quot;]Picked up a few new World Coins this week.&nbsp; Posted a couple in the Canadian thread.&nbsp; Here are a few 17th Century silver coins!</p><p><br /></p><p>Another member started a thread about Russian &quot;Wire Money&quot; and I already had my eye on this.&nbsp; Pretty cool to get a coin over 300 years old for less than 10 bucks.&nbsp; Good design on both sides on this one.&nbsp; Seller attributed it to Peter the Great in 1699.&nbsp; Grid is 1/4&quot; squares, so the coin is just about 3/8&quot; x 7/16&quot;.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]353082[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]353083[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Got this from the same seller because I just thought it was cool and couldn&#039;t pass it up for $7.&nbsp; Poland, 1624 3 Polker silver coin.&nbsp; I&#039;ve seen them referred to as &quot;hammered coins&quot; and it is certainly thin.&nbsp; Grid is 1/4&quot; squares, so the coin is just about 3/4&quot; and weighs 1.3 gm.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]353080[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]353081[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>My copy of the Standard Catalog has not arrived yet, so I cannot confirm either attribution, but I think they are close to correct.</p><p><br /></p><p>Rob[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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