1812 Imperial Kopek

Decided I needed a day off. Hit a couple of remote cellar holes that I had pounded to death years back. There was signs of some very recent detecting but I managed to pull some goodies from the iron patches. Dug a Russian 1812 - 2 Kopek copper right near the tree growing out of the cellar hole. Fattest copper I've ever dug. It has some heft to it.

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Cleaned up nice.

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Also dug some buttons, broken knee buckle, tongue and chape and a gun flint that was in the hole with a button.

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Jeff

Sweet coin, love that Kopek! Congrats on all the good finds!

What a good looking coin Jeff! I've never found one but saw one being dug. That's a special year for Russia too!! :congrats:

Very Cool Coin. :congrats:

Very cool! It looks hefty!

That's a long way from home. If it could only talk!

very nice Jeff , it did clean up well and show a great amount of detail too.

Dan

Thanks folks. Drew, I have to admit you made me open up my history book (googled it ;)). That indeed was a key date so to speak. That wasn't the first or the last time a Russian winter defeated an invader.

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Originally Posted by Lodge Scent

Thanks folks. Drew, I have to admit you made me open up my history book (googled it ;)). That indeed was a key date so to speak. That wasn't the first or the last time a Russian winter defeated an invader.

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so now you have a dilemma , was the coin a keepsake for our history or Russia's ?? Its a nice different find Jeff

Don't get to see that type of coin posted here....great find.