gxseries Posted June 15, 2005 Report Share Posted June 15, 2005 A Russian mintmaster, that must have gone drunk kept on hammering on the poor coin... how many strikes do you see there? I am thinking, there has to be around 4 there. Although the coin dealer said there was only 2... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Posted June 15, 2005 Report Share Posted June 15, 2005 Interesting coin. What is the year and minting process used? Is it a hand press? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gxseries Posted June 15, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 15, 2005 Interesting coin. What is the year and minting process used? Is it a hand press? It is interesting what was happening around Russia at that time. There were several mints that were working at the same time, which was either Saint Petersburg, Izhora Mint, or the Ekaterinburg. The Saint Petersburg and Izhora mints definately used machines, but the Ekaterinburg ones were outdated, (marked as EM) as they had to be hand pressed and hence you see some crude strike with the 2kopeck coins, usually not circular. This particular coin is not from the Ekaterinburg mint, but instead frrom the Izhora mint, somewhat "scarce" as it is not a typical mint. But as you can see, I guess the mintmaster must have been having fun or something like that... I am assuming that the year is 1814, the date is pretty faint in this picture, but yes, there is a trace of 4 in it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unicorn Posted June 20, 2005 Report Share Posted June 20, 2005 I guess he did decide to have fun with that one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tane Posted June 22, 2005 Report Share Posted June 22, 2005 I bet mr. Stupitzin drunk too much vodka.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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