Scottishmoney Posted February 7, 2007 Report Share Posted February 7, 2007 Commemorating yet another peace treaty ending yet another interminable war with the Ottoman Empire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grivna1726 Posted February 7, 2007 Report Share Posted February 7, 2007 Tsarina Elizaveta II Neat piece. How big is it? I'm guessing about the size of a polpoltina. War with Turkey was a common event in the 18th century. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elverno Posted February 11, 2007 Report Share Posted February 11, 2007 nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottishmoney Posted February 11, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2007 Neat piece. How big is it? I'm guessing about the size of a polpoltina. War with Turkey was a common event in the 18th century. It is about 21-22mm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timofei Posted February 11, 2007 Report Share Posted February 11, 2007 It is about 21-22mm. This is conmemoration jeton dedicated to the peace with Turkey 1791 (btw it is Ekaterina, not Elizabeth). original jeton was in silver (like on your picture) and it is one of the most common of 18th cent. and gold (very rare). There are novodels in all 3 metals, one of the rarest novodels is from the set dated beginning 20th cent., made for MNS. Your jetton is in F to VF condition and vast majority of these pieces show the sign of heavy circulation, which to my opinion confirms the theory - these jettons also served as payment means at that time. Mint state pieces are scarce, but still can be achieved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottishmoney Posted February 11, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2007 I wasn't thinking when I posted this. Curiously this came to me as a gift from a local coin dealer, he couldn't identify it and gave it to my wife to give to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timofei Posted February 11, 2007 Report Share Posted February 11, 2007 I wasn't thinking when I posted this. Curiously this came to me as a gift from a local coin dealer, he couldn't identify it and gave it to my wife to give to me. It is a nice gift indeed taking into consideration that even in such poor shape the value of this jetton is about good 100-150$ in Moscow, MS piece would be 1200-2200$ (last Markov had crazy prices of 3000+). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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