Tane Posted September 13, 2005 Report Share Posted September 13, 2005 1 Kopek 1832 EM FH 2 Kopek 1837 EM NA 5 Kopek 1833 EM FH 10 Kopek 1832 EM FH Russian coin series got renewed in 1830, when the value of copper coins needed to be lowered. New series consists of 1, 2, 5 and 10 Kopeks and was made in St.Petersburg (CM) and in Jekaterinburg (EM). Coins are of quite plain design, the imperial Russian (So called "masonic eagle" in these coins) eagle and date and mintmasters initials on the obverse and nominal value and mintmark on the reverse. These coins are rather difficult to find in decent grades, as you may see from the example coins too, and they are often cleaned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gxseries Posted September 13, 2005 Report Share Posted September 13, 2005 Damn, Tane beat me to this collection I was just looking specifically for the year 1834 to matchup the rest of my 1834 collection. Looks like it's going to be a lot harder than I expected. Much worse is the CM series... CM seems to be a real moron. Nevertheless, this particular copper coin had almost no raised rim edge, and hence the surface has a tendency to get worn, therefore these are pretty hard to find in VF grade. The most obvious wear damage would be the rider spearing the snake, as these will not last very lost without the raised rim edge protection. Often the rider gets worn off partially or almost completely. Tane has surely done a good job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tane Posted September 13, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2005 Oh, thanks I've spent months on searching for these coins and especially the 2 kopek seems to be hard to find... Boohoo! I think EM 1832 is the most common date, all CMs are scarce. Krause gives very miserable prices for these coins, I would pay atleast 3x more for a decent coin! But luckily, coin-hunting is funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gxseries Posted September 13, 2005 Report Share Posted September 13, 2005 What? You found the 2 kopek coin harder than the 10 kopek coins?!?!?!?! I found the 10 kopek to be the hardest!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tane Posted September 13, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2005 Yes, you see, I bought the "tenner" first Though it has a lot of rim nicks and it looks to have been washed. Gotta get a new one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gxseries Posted September 13, 2005 Report Share Posted September 13, 2005 My god, you are lucky. I found the 10 to be the hardest of all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterShell Posted August 17, 2010 Report Share Posted August 17, 2010 Tane is right ... 2 kopeken from this period in nice condition is a miracle.. I have lot of 5 kopeken and some 1 and 10 kopeken in nice grade but 2 comes as maximum VF Yes ..it would be nice to catch something from those !! ... and different story are silver "masonic"... poltina's are very rare !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterShell Posted August 17, 2010 Report Share Posted August 17, 2010 Those 2 are the nicest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottO Posted August 17, 2010 Report Share Posted August 17, 2010 hate the holes but the date looks differant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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