Help - Search - Members - Calendar
Full Version: 5 kopeek 1727 - fake? novodel? original?

CoinPeople.com > Specialized Numismatic Forums > Russian Coin Forums
Timofei
Here is the coin in question (no pictures of rim available). Fake? Novodel?



gxseries
Timofei, very interesting. Thanks for showing. My first instinct is that it can't be possibly an original but more likely a novodel because of it's feature. The first thing that bothered me is actually not the quality of the coin but the font and the location of the font. For example the following (pictures are from Tane - thanks in advance)





And this is my example:



Sorry but I don't have any ultra high quality coins to even talk about doh.gif


So far none of the letter "O" of the word kopek is centered in the middle of the cross. More examples will be great... smile.gif
grivna1726
QUOTE(Timofei @ Oct 9 2007, 03:17 AM) *
Here is the coin in question (no pictures of rim available). Fake? Novodel?






I'm not a copper specialist, but I believe the style is too refined for an original, so it is either a forgery or a novodel. It looks like it was made with a steam or hydraulic press, so my guess is that it is a novodel and that it was probably made in the mid-19th century.
squirrel
novodel. 99.9%

see similar coin here:
http://www.thauctions.com/Default.aspx?doc...;s=&c1=1001
Timofei
QUOTE(squirrel @ Oct 9 2007, 06:24 PM) *


Thank you!
squirrel
QUOTE(Timofei @ Oct 10 2007, 02:27 AM) *
Thank you!

hi.gif
This is a "lo-fi" version of our main content. To view the full version with more information, formatting and images, please click here.
Invision Power Board © 2001-2008 Invision Power Services, Inc.