Full Version: Can someone put a date around for this coin?
Yes I know - you can tell me I shouldn't have bought it but would you refuse if a seller said it was for 1 dollar? It's slightly over bullion value
It is 18th century 
QUOTE(gxseries @ Nov 13 2006, 08:55 AM) [snapback]273466[/snapback]
Yes I know - you can tell me I shouldn't have bought it but would you refuse if a seller said it was for 1 dollar? It's slightly over bullion value
My best educated guess:
20 kop. SPB mint. Short neck veriety, which places it in 1783 -- 1793 period.
I wonder if anyone can narrow it down further. :-)
Thanks BKB. Seems like the above coin circulated around with this coin at the same time 
I'll take more closeup photos of another two coins that I cannot identify the years at the moment:
The Grivennik is probably 1762, 1767, (it's quite blur unfortunately) but I don't quite think I am reading the numbers right according to what the portrait is supposed to correlate to.
Nevertheless as of why I got these "junk", price was just 1 dollar each, which I am not complaining as the polupoltinnik is notoriously difficult to find! (I don't even remember seeing such example on ebay - neither did I ever remember seeing a poltina for sale either!) What's even better is that it is the only coin that has the year identifiable.
Tell me when you can find an undamaged sample at reasonable price - maybe I'll need a time machine to travel in the past.
The only thing left for me to complete the Pavel I silver coinage is the 10 kopeks, which I suppose appear on the market every 6 months or so. The problem is whether I can get one at a price I can personally afford.
I'll take more closeup photos of another two coins that I cannot identify the years at the moment:
The Grivennik is probably 1762, 1767, (it's quite blur unfortunately) but I don't quite think I am reading the numbers right according to what the portrait is supposed to correlate to.
Nevertheless as of why I got these "junk", price was just 1 dollar each, which I am not complaining as the polupoltinnik is notoriously difficult to find! (I don't even remember seeing such example on ebay - neither did I ever remember seeing a poltina for sale either!) What's even better is that it is the only coin that has the year identifiable.
Tell me when you can find an undamaged sample at reasonable price - maybe I'll need a time machine to travel in the past.The only thing left for me to complete the Pavel I silver coinage is the 10 kopeks, which I suppose appear on the market every 6 months or so. The problem is whether I can get one at a price I can personally afford.
Wow!
These can be a nice addiction to my collection of "extreme polished" coins!
I love enigmatic coins!
These can be a nice addiction to my collection of "extreme polished" coins!
I love enigmatic coins!
Grivennik is 175(2)
25 kop Paul I -- 1798 (looks like)
25 kop E II -- 1785, 1787, or 1789 -- 1796
10 kop Alexander -- anybody's guess :-)
25 kop Paul I -- 1798 (looks like)
25 kop E II -- 1785, 1787, or 1789 -- 1796
10 kop Alexander -- anybody's guess :-)
Looks like a neat collection you have there!
QUOTE(BKB @ Nov 13 2006, 04:14 PM) [snapback]273578[/snapback]
10 kop Alexander -- anybody's guess.
The 10 kopecks can be narrowed down slightly by noting that coins of this type, dated 1810 to 1812, weigh 2.40 grams when new while later pieces weigh 2.07 grams.
RWJ
QUOTE(RW Julian @ Nov 14 2006, 01:36 AM) [snapback]273612[/snapback]
The 10 kopecks can be narrowed down slightly by noting that coins of this type, dated 1810 to 1812, weigh 2.40 grams when new while later pieces weigh 2.07 grams.
RWJ
It can be narrowed down further because the first letter of the mint master initials seems to be "P" - thus, either "P-S" or "P-D" (1813-1825)
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