Here is a copper denga coin from Russia, dated 1735. It's diameter is 26 mm. and weights 6.65 g. Unfortunately it has a hole on it. I bought it when i was a little kid from a street market. In 1991, when Soviet Union collapsed, many Greeks, Georgians and Russians who lived there came to Greece. Those days, in street markets you could buy everything: old postcards, silver spoons, optical lens, babuskas, even old Russian coins. And rare ones. If only i had money to spend those days...
I bought this denga coin from a merchant who had a whole plastic bag, full of dengas
. I had chosen this one, because it was one of the oldest, even if it had a hole. I was 11 years old then. I had begged my mother to lend me some money. The seller told me that if i had enough money, i could buy the hole bag.
