Ætheling Posted May 20, 2006 Report Share Posted May 20, 2006 Emperor Oli's - Fifty Kopeks, Russia, 1925 Tane's -Soviet Union: 1 Poltinnik 1925 AG Jose's - Mexico - Peso - 1943 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gxseries Posted May 20, 2006 Report Share Posted May 20, 2006 How cruel is it to have two workers side by side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Posted May 20, 2006 Report Share Posted May 20, 2006 Surely a strange competition here. I went with the first worker. The coin appears bolder and more "used" to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emperor Oli Posted May 20, 2006 Report Share Posted May 20, 2006 Russia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hussulo Posted May 20, 2006 Report Share Posted May 20, 2006 Kopeks, because I like its tone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan769 Posted May 20, 2006 Report Share Posted May 20, 2006 I like Mexican coinage, and the sun designs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gpnyc Posted May 21, 2006 Report Share Posted May 21, 2006 Well the first two look like the same coin yet the descriptions are different... Is it 50 Kopeks or 1 Poltinnik? Too much confusion so Mexico got my vote. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccg Posted May 21, 2006 Report Share Posted May 21, 2006 One of those Soviet ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ætheling Posted May 21, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2006 Well the first two look like the same coin yet the descriptions are different... Is it 50 Kopeks or 1 Poltinnik? Too much confusion so Mexico got my vote. Who knows? I was as shocked as you when i put them up (based on description alone) then when i first saw the pictures it was a bit unexpected. Anyhow i like the lustre on the Mexican, good enough for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
izzy452 Posted May 21, 2006 Report Share Posted May 21, 2006 Fifty Kopeks, Russia, 1925 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emperor Oli Posted May 21, 2006 Report Share Posted May 21, 2006 Who knows? I was as shocked as you when i put them up (based on description alone) then when i first saw the pictures it was a bit unexpected. I'll defer to gxseries if he has information to the contrary, but from what I found on Wikipedia, as I'm no expert in this field: ]In the 19 and 20th centuries, the coins of kopeck denominations had individual names: 2 kop.= dvushka 3 kop.= altyn (mostly obsolete by the 1960s) 5 kop.= pyatak 10 kop.= grivennik 15 kop. = pyatialtynny (5 altyn; the usage lived longer than "altyn") 20 kop. = dvugrivenny (2 grivenniks) 50 kop. = poltina or poltinnik. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlueke Posted May 21, 2006 Report Share Posted May 21, 2006 The 50 Kopeks is prettier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gxseries Posted May 22, 2006 Report Share Posted May 22, 2006 You see, the word "pol" is a Russian equalivent of the English "half". The word for half is polovina but because of the tendency of shortening the words into a single word, it becomes a poltina or a poltinnik. Some bizarre way of naming other odd denominations like a 25 kopek would become a polupoltinik (half of half ruble, i.e. quarter although it should be a chervort) and 1.5 ruble should be poltaya ruble (if my Russian is right) Example can be found here http://www.masterrussian.com/aa052701a.shtml If that still doesn't make sense, I believe akdrv or Ykra Dvi will be able to explain. I mean, don't you have something similar in the US, where you can call a half dollar as 50 cents, or halves? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
banivechi Posted May 22, 2006 Report Share Posted May 22, 2006 The first Poltinnik Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emperor Oli Posted May 24, 2006 Report Share Posted May 24, 2006 You see, the word "pol" is a Russian equalivent of the English "half". The word for half is polovina but because of the tendency of shortening the words into a single word, it becomes a poltina or a poltinnik. Some bizarre way of naming other odd denominations like a 25 kopek would become a polupoltinik (half of half ruble, i.e. quarter although it should be a chervort) and 1.5 ruble should be poltaya ruble (if my Russian is right) I'll change the description on Omnicoin - thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Sisu Posted May 27, 2006 Report Share Posted May 27, 2006 Oli's by a polinch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mortyr2012 Posted May 27, 2006 Report Share Posted May 27, 2006 Mexico - Peso - 1943 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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