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Russian Wire Money ???

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swhuck

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There is such a thing as Russian Wire money. These are very small hammered silver coins struck on flans cut from silver wire. I do not know their value, nor whether they are in Krause (although I believe they were made before 1601, which would be the cutoff date for Krause), but I had a (let me word this carefully wink.gif ) dealer in Ancient coins offer me as many of them as I wanted about two weeks ago, and he knows my budget or lack thereof. smile.gif

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Russian wire money was struck during the 15th, 16th and early 17th century. These coins are struck on small, crude, irregularly shaped planchets and are usually encountered in circulated condition. It is a specialized area of study. There are several books on the subject by Oreshnikov, Chaudoir, Lang and Spasky. Some of these are out of print. These coins are not listed in Krause and values have a wide range based on the rarity.

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