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RW Julian

Nov 5 2006, 03:42 AM

Fake:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...em=130044123737

The counterfeiter used a fake 1787 TM piatak as the undertype to draw in possible bidders.

Some of the other coins offered by this seller are suspect.

RWJ

gxseries

Nov 5 2006, 03:49 AM

Yea, bad example there. TM is an excessively rare 5k and an overstrike of that is much rarer.

BKB

Nov 5 2006, 04:50 AM

gxseries, to my knowledge there are only 3 overstrikes of such type. All three are documented. No way in hell such a coin could appear on eBay. Moreover, not one of them is a TM overstrike. Thus, TM is a dead giveaway.

RARENUM

Nov 5 2006, 07:52 AM

QUOTE(BKB @ Nov 4 2006, 11:45 PM) [snapback]270974[/snapback]

10 kop 1809 Struck on 5 kopecks.(3 coins)

Uzdennikov (3rd edition 2003) #4926(!!) listed only 2 coins.
Bitkin (2nd edition 2003)#700(R4),701(R4) listed only 2 coins
1.10 kop. 1809 Struck on 5 kopecks 1778 - ex. collection Vasilyeva (1911).
2.10 kop. 1809 Struck on 5 kopecks 1795- ex. collection Russian Imperial History Museum (1898)
3.10 kop. 1809 Struck on 5 kopecks 1803-1804 –ex. St.Petersburg Archeological Society collection(1910)

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