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Fake 1803 5 kopek mule?


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My main reason for suspicion is my bad experience with a fake 1802 5K, which i bought, but was able to return to the seller.

 

The eagle looks very similar (to the fake i no longer have, but i will look for and post images), for example very even worn appearance with dull detail, and similar coloring. (based on photo only!) My fake also had the same slight offset striking, and "hollow" dentils on the obverse outer border.

 

If authentic, of course, it is a very nice rare coin. :ninja:

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My main reason for suspicion is my bad experience with a fake 1802 5K, which i bought, but was able to return to the seller.

 

The eagle looks very similar (to the fake i no longer have, but i will look for and post images), for example very even worn appearance with dull detail, and similar coloring. (based on photo only!) My fake also had the same slight offset striking, and "hollow" dentils on the obverse outer border.

 

If authentic, of course, it is a very nice rare coin. :ninja:

Can you post the images of 1802 5 kopecks( fake).

Thanks.

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Would be good to see a picture of an edge of 5 kopeck. Usually you can see it clearly if this is a fake.

Adree, only one way to get the pictures if buyer will post on forum. :ninja:

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This one doesnt look right to me. Does anyone agree?

 

ebay #310048525124

I'm not sure about this one, but I'm not a copper specialist.

 

The coin appears to be the type of Bitkin-285, but the obese eagle doesn't seem to match any of the illustrations in the references that I checked. :ninja:

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This one doesnt look right to me. Does anyone agree?

ebay #310048525124

Link: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...em=310048525124

 

This piece is virtually identical to a specimen that appeared in Auction

356 of the Finnish Numismatic Society on 19 November 2005. I downloaded

the photograph but unfortunately it no longer comes up on their site. My

opinion is that it seems to be good.

 

RWJ

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