squirrel Posted December 28, 2010 Report Share Posted December 28, 2010 Ok I have to ask, what is a shostak? 3 shostak = 1 tymph Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BKB Posted December 28, 2010 Report Share Posted December 28, 2010 3 shostak = 1 tymph Right, but not when it comes to buying it... When you want to buy it, 1 shostak should be about 10 tymphs... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BKB Posted December 28, 2010 Report Share Posted December 28, 2010 You can try..but to tell the trouth never met this coin from the source like that. It is much more rare than tynf. Maybe you thought about 6 groschen or 1/6 of taler from Elisabeth period.. those are possible to obtain, but not shostak. People dig up most wonderful (if rotten) things in Russia. The reason, there is just a lot of people digging. I do not know what the situation is in Belarus, Ukraine, and Poland with diggers. It would be most likely found in Belarus and Ukraine, however. There was a considerable mintage of both denominations. Shostaks are no patterns, but like any small coin, those would not survive as good and as long as larger coins. However, we may yet see a few (IMXO) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squirrel Posted January 3, 2011 Report Share Posted January 3, 2011 3 shostak = 1 tymph Correction. 1 Tymph is 12 Kopeks. A Shestak is 6 kopeks ( shest=six? ) or 1/2 Tymph. There was a Shestak listed in The New York Sale XXIV Jan 7 2010, lot 1027 est $50,000. Hammer: $97,500. Conros catalog says shestak is 1/3 Typmh. this was my earlier reference, but seems it is slighty wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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