Identification of coins

I continue the topic of identifying the most desirable find on any field for treasure hunters - coins! Moreover, I periodically write about different coins, cheap and expensive, common and mega-rare, in different ways, but all in order to…

Undoubtedly, each of us dreams of someday unearthing a silver Catherine ruble or a gold “Lobanchik”. But, let's be realistic, such luck does not happen as often as we would like, so today we will talk about a more frequent and simple…

Did you think that coins were always round? No, coins of all different shapes are found in different countries. Take, for example, the clips of the Swedish Empire - large squares and rectangles made of copper, which sometimes fall under the…

Having once picked up one kopeck from the reign of Emperor Peter I, I was a little puzzled. I couldn't find the year on the coin even after I washed it thoroughly. The Arabic numbers that are familiar to our eyes were indeed not placed on…

Copper pennies from such an early era are quite interesting and unusual in design, as well as being rarely found on the coin. Therefore, it is simply necessary to dwell on them in more detail. Moreover, it can be difficult for an…

Continuing the theme of the “digger’s dream”, I am collecting a whole group of information on especially rare finds and coins that can only be found in our land. If you haven't seen the previous post, it's here: Rarik: “Frame”…

Hey guys! Digging in winter is not very good, yes? The ground is all frozen, you can’t stick a shovel in. This is the time to check the finds made, evaluate them, clean them and… the most pleasant thing — sales. Finds sold for…

Hello friends! I decided to conduct a series of posts on a very interesting topic — rare coins or, as people say, «rariki». Yes, these are exactly the coins that every real digger/treasure hunter/searcher dreams of digging…

The digger walked through one village, which has already disappeared from modern maps, waving a metal detector coil in front of him. I listened carefully to the response of the device, since our hero was hunting mainly for imperial copper.…

For advanced comrades, it is no secret that Swedish coins in the XVI — In the 17th centuries, coins were actively minted not only in Sweden itself, but also in the Baltic cities. By the way, the entire northern part of Estonia was…