Bill Snyder Posted October 20, 2014 Report Share Posted October 20, 2014 Can someone help me identify this 21+mm (diameter), 1mm (thick), copper piece?As you see, it has been double struck. Also, one side has raised devices; the other side has incuse devices. Thank you, Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skouznet Posted November 5, 2014 Report Share Posted November 5, 2014 Monogram is a stylized Cyrillic letter N (like Latin H), so it could be attributed to either Nicholas I or to his great-grandson, Nicholas II. There are no other Russian Tsars with name beginning with the letter N. However, the crown style would rather be associated with N I than with N II. This piece with the size of 21+ mm in diameter should not be related to a coin. Neither 1 kopek nor 1/2 kopek (some types ~ 21 mm) were made with this style of monogram+crown. However, the similar style presents on many medals and jetons of N I and N II. Moreover, many manufactures were licensed to produce medals, jetons, decorations etc with tsar's monograms, portraits and so on. So, I might suggest that this piece is related to a part of some kind of decoration, commemorative jeton or something similar to. Of course, I could be wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IMIS Posted November 10, 2014 Report Share Posted November 10, 2014 This piece is reminiscent of the noncombatant version of the 1902 Chinese Campaign medal struck by private manufacturers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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