STEVE MOULDING Posted May 25, 2008 Report Share Posted May 25, 2008 Finally came across one of these....even Bitkin doesnt have photos (only drawings...P869-870, Volume II). Very nice to see one. Anybody else seen these, or even better own one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RARENUM Posted May 25, 2008 Report Share Posted May 25, 2008 Finally came across one of these....even Bitkin doesnt have photos (only drawings...P869-870, Volume II).Very nice to see one. Anybody else seen these, or even better own one? I have see only picture on the Auction or book one time, don't remember which one. Will try to find the reference, keep you update. Rarenum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grivna1726 Posted May 25, 2008 Report Share Posted May 25, 2008 Finally came across one of these....even Bitkin doesnt have photos (only drawings...P869-870, Volume II). Very nice to see one. Anybody else seen these, or even better own one? First one I can recall seeing. It looks quite worn to fulfill it's intended function of weighing gold coins. Maybe it somehow slipped into circulation and passed as a copper coin of the nearest size and weight? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STEVE MOULDING Posted May 25, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 25, 2008 First one I can recall seeing. It looks quite worn to fulfill it's intended function of weighing gold coins. Maybe it somehow slipped into circulation and passed as a copper coin of the nearest size and weight? Thanks Rarenum. Grivna...yes....you would think these would have been carefully kept in a nice case by whatever official used them. I really don't know much about them...exactly when they were made, how many, who for, where are they now, etc. Another one of those fascinating snippets of Russian numismatics. . Perhaps somebody here can tell their story? Perhaps JRNS has something. I'll certainly be looking out for this and others in the series for my archives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STEVE MOULDING Posted May 25, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 25, 2008 OK. Found another, this one for Alexander I Imperials (Bitkin 1277). The first one in this thread is Bitkin 1276. Dmitry Markov, New York Sale XII, Jan 2006, Lot 1443 (the images were mis-labeled in the catalog...it really is 1443). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STEVE MOULDING Posted May 25, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 25, 2008 And another...Bitkin 1274, for Imperials of Catherine II. This one is out of a Polish auction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STEVE MOULDING Posted May 25, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 25, 2008 Hmmm. OK....well I guess it was only a matter of looking. I've now already found auction records and images for 21 of them without trying too hard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RARENUM Posted May 26, 2008 Report Share Posted May 26, 2008 Steve, 1. Was struck by official and used privet and official as weight standard . 2. As far as I know no records was finding. 3. In my collection original book "Russian Ekzagie" publish by Kholodkovskiy in 1912 St.Petersburg" Text in Russian (9 varieties of Russian-Polish listed plus drawings) 19 pages. 4. Possible we can find more information on St.Petersburg mint (all document was transfer from Warszawa mint to St.Petersburg Mint after 1868). 5. I have two varieties exagium in my collection. 6. I have letter from V.V. Uzdennikov to collector regarding my variety in museum(Text in Russian). Rarenum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STEVE MOULDING Posted May 26, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 26, 2008 Very interesting...thanks! Not surprisingly I am finding most examples in Polish auction catalogs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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