http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...em=230223709102

Is Alexander's coin from your point of view a fake or real coin?

Doesn't look real to me.

im no expert in russian coins but the back of that 1 Rouble 1834 to my knowledge seems fake... compared to a pic of the real thing



notice in the real one below the pillar there is no space between the value of the coin and the coins edge..were as in the fake one there seems to be a gap...and its awfully clean

and in the front on the real coin notice the difference in Tzar Alexander's chin and nose... and the inverted "N" above his head in the real coin seems to have a much raised line in the middle than the fake one...

just a few points i got in 1 min... and again not an expert just comparing the pic with the real thing

ahh seems that this ebay seller has already been reported before on coin people... found it on google :-

http://www.coinpeople.com/index.php?showtopic=18320

The illustration is the same as in the original post in this thread. This
seller seems to have a good supply of counterfeits.

Some years ago I had correspondence with this person (who then had a
different eBay name (1950lora) and the seller claimed to be a widow selling
off her husband’s collection. Personally I would doubt anything this seller says.

RWJ