extant4cell Posted May 3, 2016 Report Share Posted May 3, 2016 I personally don't see a problem with this coin, but would love to hear other opinions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RARENUM Posted May 3, 2016 Report Share Posted May 3, 2016 Hi extant4cell, My opinion letters and date looks strange . Rarenum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sigistenz Posted May 3, 2016 Report Share Posted May 3, 2016 Sharp horse! Probably authentic but I'd avoid it, I don't like the dullness. Might be a detector find. Sigi . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
extant4cell Posted May 4, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 4, 2016 Thank you both for answering! It appear that this is a fake coin, as I am told by many on Russian forum, although, it was hard to believe. The picture fooled me for sure , as it displays all attributes on Moscow mint so well... I still have hard time to believe it, though the opinion of others was expressed pretty strongly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sigistenz Posted May 5, 2016 Report Share Posted May 5, 2016 Thank you for sharing. Fakes are getting terribly dangerous. A closer look however reveals some oddities:- the coin appears to be an overstrike. The dies of the 2 kopek host coin should be arranged in medal alignment. But here they look like turned by 90 degrees. The "17" under the horse looks a bit too slanted (?) Sigi . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RARENUM Posted May 6, 2016 Report Share Posted May 6, 2016 Sigi,Extant4sell, It is not expensive to used original coin for struck and hide by chemical/corrosion identical for original coin details ,I believe it call aging "старение" and it is why Sigi' first opinion was "detector find"... Anyway it is not the best fake I see before and it is easy to identified . Rarenum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
extant4cell Posted May 6, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 6, 2016 The more I look at it, the more I agree with both of you. Thank you for your help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sigistenz Posted May 7, 2016 Report Share Posted May 7, 2016 Thank you and of course Rarenum for widening my view. Sigi . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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