“Platinum coins” Andriy Boyko-Gagarin, Iryna Korpusova

The platinum coins of 19th century had a fascinating history of creation, although they did not play a significant role as a currency in circulation. The existence of platinum circulating coins is a unique phenomenon, which had no analgs in minting in the Russian Empire. The monograpth describes a complete history of the preparation and implementation of the project on minting coins from platinum discovered in the Urals, supplemented by previously unpublished evidence from the historical archives, which also enabled examining the anthropological aspect. The monograph introduces  platinum coins from the state museums of Ukraine, Belarus, Latvia, Lithuania.

The monograph is intended for numismatists and researchers of monetary history among museum employees, teachers, art experts, custom officers, collectors, owners, participants of official numismatic auctions, and everyone interested in history.

Separate chapter of this book describes various forgeries and method of platinum coins expertise.