Unusual (for our area) 1861 Russian Silver

[Tenspeed]

I was hunting a relatively new fairground (40's) while waiting for some buddies to show up and found this 1861 Russian 15 Kopeck silver coin. We have pulled over thirty silver coins from this spot since December and this is the oldest (I found a no date SLQ last December). The area is very trashy with a lot of iron and other debris, so it is very tough hunting.

It is slightly smaller than a nickel and was holed some time in the past.

It came up as a repeatable 12-41 on my E-Trac and I thought it was going to be a what penny.

This is my oldest silver coin to date.

 

[romeo-1]

That's a pretty damn cool find!!

 

[JimDon]

What a crazy find at the fair grounds. You certainly sniffed out something very unusual. It should do well on the board.

 

[mercury1]

Great find tenspeed. Wonder how it got there? Is it the same size as any us coins?

 

[wvwildman]

nice find congrats HH

 

[treblehunter]

Good for you, that's a sweet find you got there. HH

 

[g-olden years]

Congrats on the old silver! Would be wonderful to know the travels of that coin! Andi

 

[GoldGirl56]

Congratulations, what a wonderful find

 

[CoinandRelicMan]

OH rust stained even ! Love that beauty of a find doesn't get much better than that in my book, for coins anyways!

 

[Tenspeed]

Great find tenspeed. Wonder how it got there? Is it the same size as any us coins?

It is between a dime and a nickel in size. You can see it when covered by a dime and see the nickel around the silver coin.

I am going to gently work at removing the crud to make the date and detail more visible. It is pretty worn and I really wonder where it has been.

 

[Bad Wolf]

Nice Find! It just shows to go ya that anything can be anywhere....

 

[Davers]

Very Cool.....