Coins, medals, and seals, ancient and modern. Illustrated and described. With a sketch of the history of coins and coinage, instructions for young collectors, tables of comparative rarity, price lists of English and American coins, medals and tokens, &c., &c (1861)
Prime, William Cowper, 1825-1905 · New York, Harper & brothers · leaf 146
me name were reigning in different districts, renders itexceedingly difficult to classify the Eussian money of the earlyepochs; but it may be fairly stated that no Eussian money existsmuch earlier than the thirteenth century. The earliest coinsof that country have generally a man standing with a… … COINS OF PRUSSIA. Greorge and the Dragon. These are nearly all Jcojpecs, or silverpennies. Under Ivan, or John, in 1547, the Eussian dollar, or rouble,commences, and also its half. Those of the Pretender Demetriusare very scarce. The recent coins of Eussia are too well known to requirenotice.…
Numismatics · Medals · Seals (Numismatics)
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