THE COUNTERFEITS OF THE ISLAMIC COINS FROM V.P. GRINKOVSKYI COLLECTION IN THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF UKRAINIAN HISTORY

Abstract

This article deals with the old counterfeits of the Islamic coins from the collection of ethnographer V.P. Grinkovskyi in the National museum of Ukrainian history. Investigated coins from the museum collection, reveal insight into the counterfeiting coins in the North Black Sea coast in Ottoman period. The private duffers of the Ottoman Empire and the Crimean Khanate, excavated in the aria of modern Bilgorod-Dnistrovskyi city, gave us an idea about prototypes for counterfeiting (different coins of Ottoman sultans and Crimean khans, mints and minting of dates on the coins), and also the technologies of their producing used by the counterfeiters. The special attention is dedicated to the local imitation of Crimean Khanate coins which is typical only for the finds in Bessarabia region, presented in that collection.

Keywords: National museum of Ukrainian history, V.  Grinkovskyi collection, North Black sea coast, Bessarabia, artisanal forgery, counterfeit, imitation, private duffer, technology of production