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  1. Thanks! It looks better than the enlargement.
  2. https://www.ngccoin.com/price-guide/world/russia-rouble-km-166.1-1724-1725-cuid-1095154-duid-1536422 is the correct link, cut off in first post.
  3. I got back on Mr. Elmen's mailing list and found a Sun Rouble i like. (I like most of these rugged coins.) A few years ago, this would have sold for upwards of a couple grand. (I won it for $875 in case you wonder.). Though it has some grafiti, it is superior to the other Sun i own and for which i paid far more. Both are degrees of VF. This is Bitkin 1316. While thinking over bidding, i came across this NGC site that features this coin as an example of a Sun Rouble.: https://www.ngccoin.com/price-guide/world/russia-rouble-km-166.1-1724-1725-cuid-1095154-duid-1536422. Elmen was very surprised to hear this. He said NGC lifts images. He tried to track down how the coin might have been found by NGC through other sellers but had no luck. Of course a great part of the pleasure of the hobby is the hunt. Best. Dwight
  4. Thanks. I just saw your post. This little coin is Uzd 4041 and is listed as being extremely rare. The metal is pretty flat, which does not really show in photos. I have tried to see a link to the other Alexanders but see nothing there that would be an occasion for 1871. Thanks.
  5. That is the coin, thanks. There are like three varieties in Bitkin but i have not had the patience to try to discern the difference. All are R1 or greater. Again, thanks.
  6. Greetings: I was not aware of this coin until recently - but instantly intrigued with Alexander II producing this coin honoring Alexander I. If one were to do that, it seems an odd denomination for doing so. The bust appears to be the same as that on the Borodino roubles. Note: I like coins with images of Tsars, so this in particular caught my interest. Can anyone provide any thoughts or conjecture about the intentions with this coin? Best - Dwight
  7. Ho. Thanks for the responses and pardon my late response. I have been away.. There is a 1757 Hesselgesser kopeck on Ebay now going for $1050. I guess the Hesselgesser label enhances the pedigree of the coin along with other factors. Perhaps I am missing something but it seems odd that novodels are included in coin reference catalogs. I think I own the cSuperior catalog referenced above. Thanks for that link. Best. Dwight
  8. Greetings - I see coins for sale for the Hesselgesser collection. Does anyone know about this guy and his collection or have any direct experience. I have seen some novodels from that collection posted at a very high price. Thoughts or observations welcome. Best and thanks. Dwight
  9. I really like Fenzi-Diakov i got from you - and the other books too. Thanks much, Steve. Dwight
  10. Excellent coin. Good for you. Very rare to see these in such excellent condition. Thanks.
  11. How about that! Thanks very much! Glad you returned to your coin books. I just could not see it. A frustrated inquiring mind.
  12. Disappointing though. Again, we have this Sun rouble listed at the link at Bitkin 1350, (R-R2). That sounds desireable. But it is only (S) in Severin and not in Bitkin at all. I have looked at some coins with a different light now, in particular with some Sincona auction listings upcoming, and begin to doubt the logic of pricing - there or anywhere. It is very labor intensive to research from the images. Again, thanks.
  13. Very disappointing Sigi - but you might have the right take on this. In the past, NGC would not have slabbed this one. Keep your posts coming.
  14. Funny you should mention that. This coin appears to be Severin #666a (S), Davenport #1661, and Diakov #19, 20, or 21. I think it is 21. Hard to tell, but the portrait seems closest. The rouble at the link above looks to be #19. Peculiar the coin at the link above would appear to have the wrong Bitkin? The closest to these in Bitkin is a 1724 #1319 ®. Why wouldn't this 1725 make Bitkin? Thoughts? Thanks very much.
  15. That is a shame. A nice coin. It is possible the seller bought it slabbed so did not know - but should still be responsible.
  16. Thanks. That is the coin but 1350 does not have a star above the head and the collars do not match - from what i see. I must be missing something. Again, thanks.
  17. Oh brother. A double post. Phone interuption. Sorry.
  18. Hi - I have this coin but find it hard to identify it in Bitkin. Photos from Zander are attached that are perfect matches to the coin. But the closest match we find in Bitkin is 1354 and this comes from a top expert. The Bitkin portrait image is what is hard to discern, at least for me. The features of 1354 seem to angular and sharp with the hair too close to the legend. I am not sure the curls of the hair by the face match either. If this is not a match, 1354 is unquestionably the closest match. Thoughts welcome. Best - Dwight
  19. Hi - Agreed. Thanks for your comments and your posts. Anyone who has not seen your collection should so so. I am just learning about these coins and the comments here are very helpful. Photos too. I wlll check the link. I have had major experience with fakes, described in a post several years ago. Best - Dwight
  20. Those are very nice! I have been exploring on EBAY, with its amazing prices. One can see anything. But it looks like sellers flagrantly buff up their coins for the sale. Heavy and obvious cleaning. Nice patina above.
  21. i have been checking out Siberian 10 kopeck coins for a while and am flumoxed by how to determine the grade of the coin. Of course these are pretty prmitive and very old. And i understand that some coins are more scarce than other and very rare coins have letter edges. But i will see a coin that looks pretty nice and the planchet is a mess or there is a slash across the coin and it is selling for $500. And of course the legibility on the obverse is big. And the surface not being porous. Then i read different things about the copper composition contained in the coins. Does that have something to do with the huge size of the 10K? It is my understaning that regular coinage did not reach Siberia in sufficient quanities. So if anyone wants to address these things and even show some favorites for examples, that would be fun. Best - Dwight
  22. i do not recall there being any inscriptions on the three rouble coins i have owned.
  23. Thanks very much. So one would no have a clue as to when a 1796 novodel was actually minted - except for the date when the practice was banned. All of the novodels are really like "orphan" coins with there being no knoweldge of background. When one sees one of these coins, the dies often seem to be superior to the dies of 1796. So all of the novodels we see of 1796 would probably be of this sort. I find these Catherine coins particularly attractive, as do many others given the prices the coins command. Best - DAJ
  24. http://monety-rossii.com/the-recoinage-of-1796-the-cipher-series/ Greetings: This is an interesting article on the "Cipher Series" of 1796. It states most of the coins produced were novodels, which does not seem to fit the definition. Most 1796 cipher coins that I see are novodels and costly. For the recoinage of 1796, most of what was accomplished would have been done through overstrikes. Can anyone speculate as to when these novodels that we see on the market might have been produced? Aren't novodels special order coins never intended for circulation? Another basic sort of question. Best - Dwight
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