Why scale? - You ask. Coin-scale was made of flattened pieces of wire, the shape of a bun looked like fish scales. None of the standard of the coins of the time there was no coin a little different from each other. Naminala coins, too, had not. Was important only to their weight. Silver, in relation to gold, at the time was valued more than it is today: a gram of gold could get ten grams of silver. Due to the high cost of silver, some coins had to make very small and thin.
Such coins may even stick to your hand like a piece of foil. Each principality in Russia had their own scales. There are so many variations of them that the process of their collectible is very entertaining. Two identical scales very difficult to find: even if two coins are made with a single punch, they will be different. Drawings on the scales was the same as a lot of options, but basically These were all images of mythical animals, but there were also images of people, for example, a rider with a spear.
Such coins may even stick to your hand like a piece of foil. Each principality in Russia had their own scales. There are so many variations of them that the process of their collectible is very entertaining. Two identical scales very difficult to find: even if two coins are made with a single punch, they will be different. Drawings on the scales was the same as a lot of options, but basically These were all images of mythical animals, but there were also images of people, for example, a rider with a spear.
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