Altyn

Altyn, also Altynnik, (Russian алтын ( ъ ) ) was born as a unit of account for six Denga or three kopecks, later a name for the Russian three - kopeck coin at the beginning of silver or billon, later from copper or bronze alloy. The name comes from the Tatar language.

Source

Heinz Fengler: " Lexicon Numismatics " transpress VEB Verlag for Transportation, Berlin 1988, ISBN 3-344-00220-1

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