alexbq2 Posted December 13, 2007 Report Share Posted December 13, 2007 Gentlemen, I salute you. I've just found this forum and read through some recent discussions, and was immensely impressed by your level of expertize, and also your sight. That MM 2 Kop piece looked like the lunar surface to me the entire discussion. I hope, I can rely on you for the questions I may have in the future. For now I would like to ask you about something I just saw on eBay. I did not know that there were any wire kopeek novodels around. Does anyone know if these are real, and where I could find some information about them? (hope these links are still good) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grivna1726 Posted December 13, 2007 Report Share Posted December 13, 2007 Gentlemen, I salute you. I've just found this forum and read through some recent discussions, and was immensely impressed by your level of expertize, and also your sight. That MM 2 Kop piece looked like the lunar surface to me the entire discussion. I hope, I can rely on you for the questions I may have in the future. For now I would like to ask you about something I just saw on eBay. I did not know that there were any wire kopeek novodels around. Does anyone know if these are real, and where I could find some information about them? (hope these links are still good) Welcome to coinpeople! The links are not showing up in my browser right now. Hopefully that is because the server is temporarily off-line and not because the links have been removed. If you have pictures of the coins in question saved on your computer, you could also upload them to http://www.imageshack.us/ and then post those links here. I don't know much about wire money and have unfortunately lost touch with an old friend who does. The wire money is Russia's medieval coinage and really a separate series from the 18th century and later reformed coinage that fascinates me. There were some gold kopeks and dengas struck during this period which are probably more military awards than actual coinage. I have seen novodels of some of these for coins dating as far back as the reign of Michael Romanov (1613-45). There are probably also novodels of the silver wire money, but this is not an area that I know well and I could be mistaken. I think Spasskii might show some in his book ("The Russian Monetary System"), but it has been a long time since I read it and sometimes my memory plays tricks on me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gxseries Posted December 13, 2007 Report Share Posted December 13, 2007 Interesting port error - here are the images: And welcome to coinpeople Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RARENUM Posted December 13, 2007 Report Share Posted December 13, 2007 Gentlemen, I salute you. I've just found this forum and read through some recent discussions, and was immensely impressed by your level of expertize, and also your sight. That MM 2 Kop piece looked like the lunar surface to me the entire discussion. I hope, I can rely on you for the questions I may have in the future. For now I would like to ask you about something I just saw on eBay. I did not know that there were any wire kopeek novodels around. Does anyone know if these are real, and where I could find some information about them? (hope these links are still good) Welcome to coinpeople,You can find novodels in Kaim(text in german) or for wire money original Melnikova (text in russian)one of the best.I will send you the links for books later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RARENUM Posted December 13, 2007 Report Share Posted December 13, 2007 Link to "Russian Coins from Ivan Terrible to Peter I" .MELNIKOVA http://cgi.ebay.com/Russian-Coins-from-Iva...ksid=p1638.m118 http://cgi.ebay.com/Melnikova-A-S-RUSSIAN-...ksid=p1638.m118 Regards,Rarenum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexbq2 Posted December 13, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2007 Thank you for the replies, and for fixing my links:) I already got Melnikova. Never seen Kaim - my German is less than rusty, I can barely read descriptions on eBay.de. I am also new to wire money collecting, started it about a year ago, when I realized that I can no longer compete for the post reform stuff:) If you know any good newer references on wires please let me know. Of the subject, I just eBayed myself a 2 volume Bitkin catalogue for $250. Is it really worth it? I do have more interesting questions, but I'll save them for next year. So Happy Holidays, and Happy Holiday Shopping!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RARENUM Posted December 14, 2007 Report Share Posted December 14, 2007 Of the subject, I just eBayed myself a 2 volume Bitkin catalogue for $250. Is it really worth it? So Happy Holidays, and Happy Holiday Shopping!!! Great book, one of the best for Russian coins with rarity ,prices and info. Not cheap. Happy Holidays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexbq2 Posted December 14, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2007 Great book, one of the best for Russian coins with rarity ,prices and info. Not cheap.Happy Holidays. Hi RARENUM, I just realized that the eBay member from whom I bought Bitkin is also known as Rarenum! A relative perhaps? :-) Thanks for your answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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