STEVE MOULDING

Most Russian coin collectors in the USA live in large houses anyway

I certainly don't

Besides, that guy's library is in Athens, Greece (I should have said that, I guess). Maybe they have more space there.

BCD put together one of the most spectacular collections of Ancient Greek ever. He's extremely serious and his library is no joke

european catalogs may potentially bring a lot of rare russian / georgian coins, the only problem is that there are so many of these catalogs - needs a separate room keep them as in library

Why is that a problem ...sounds great

Here's a nice library

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ahala_rome/sets/72157631713151633/with/8063781364/

Robert Ball Nachfolger (Berlin), Sale VIII 1932

Heidelberg Link: http://digi.ub.uni-h...nachf1932_12_05

RUSSIAN PLATES

http://digi.ub.uni-h.../1/Tafel_08.jpg

http://digi.ub.uni-h.../1/Tafel_09.jpg

I have several sale catalogs from this house which offered just 10 auctions from 1917-1934. They also put out a (larger) number of Fixed Price Lists but the FPLs I have weren't plated so are less interesting.

Thanks Bob.

Now I see that your 2008 Journal article references your JRNS73 7-pager devoted to the 1807-AT. I wasn't aware of that article and will now read it...certainly a lot of story with that coin!

Are you aware of an 1806-AT mentioned anywhere else? Also, I have to wonder what is the basis for Bitkin's R4 listing?

Finally I'll have to check the ANS copy of Ball VIII (1932) to see if by chance prices were written in, as they were in many other catalogs I have from that period. My catalog has no prices, nor does the Heidelberg copy.

Came across this today in a 1932 auction catalog in my library. Supposedly an 1806 AT Double Abaz.

I've never seen one before and Bitkin has it at R4. It was estimated at 100 Marks (a lot). I wonder if it sold?

1806 should be AK, so one possibility is an altered K.

These pictures are from the Heidelberg Library as I haven't made a high resolution scan of my catalog yet...though I have looked at the image under a loupe. Seems OK.

Any Georgian experts have an opinion? Or anyone have the Prices Realized for Ball Nachf. VIII?

Listings I am aware of, what about some stories, documents, history?

Brekke. Chapter on Novodels.

No...too much to do

If it didn't sell (and you'd need to confirm first) I'd think you can probably get it for $800+commission (but am not sure). However no bids *may* be a warning sign so take a careful look. Or maybe the price was too high? I'm not an expert on Novodels of that series so have no opinion. If you still want it, send Dmitry Markov an email.

Sixbid is next to worthless in my experience. I've had whole sets of bids for an auction submitted 'successfully' well in time for the auction, got the sixbid confirmation email, and then it's like nothing ever happened.

It happened most recently with Münzen & Medaillen GmbH . I got the confirmation email from Sixbid then nothing. Münzen & Medaillen GmbH won't even answer repeated email inquiries so I'd stay away from them too. Strange, because most German firms are extremely helpful and polite.

Auctioneer opened bidding at $800...nothing from the floor or internet, auctioneer closed it as unsold.

Coins have finished (3 1/2 hours). Didn't seem like a strong auction. The tea didn't sell either.

1134 didn't sell

Auction is still going on. I'm sitting here

Yes, 1762 2 Kopecks of Elizabeth.

I have images of 35 different examples. Here's one from the Bakken Sale:

Gorny 183 (Oct 2009) Lot 7143

Relative positions of undercoin-to-overcoin are different, not the same, so these aren't twins, if that's the suspicion. Having the same 1764 die (if true, which is not clear)...so what?

Here we go again what? They're completely different

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Paul's recoinage yielded 2 kopeks with 1793EM and no other 2 Kopek dates.

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Thank you, regards, Sigi

Well...there was the 1796AM 2K Paul overstrike, sold in Aalborg I (2006) Lot 2311 for around $12,000

OK, Forget words and numbers...a picture is easier What edge does it *actually* have? This ////////// or this ||||||||||

I couldn't find reference to this type of edge.

What references do you have?? Edge-1 is listed in Brekke, Uzdenikov, Bitkin...

Tough call. Stylistically it looks fine...though it doesn't match exactly examples from sales such as Fuchs or Brand IV. However there are a number of different versions of this Novodel (and some just outright weak fakes) If it's Edge-1 (is that what you mean by reeded?) then that may not be a problem. Edge looks a little coarse. Brekke says those edges were hand cut...so maybe.

I don't see the obverse scratches on other examples and that's bothersome. Overall, the feel is OK (to me) but it would have to be fairly cheap to compensate for these questions. Sales history would help.

I *might* take the risk with spare money but not make a big investment. And then again I might not.

My 2c

Dies (except for the obverse scratches) look very similar to MiM31 (June 2006) ex-Lot 599

My hIghlight acquisitions of the year were some nice old catalogs.

Happy New Year and good hunting in 2013!

ps 1800EM Dengas are also seen as an overdate

Hi thanks for showing. Actually many examples do show the overdate. The foot of the old 9 to the lower left of the first zero is often seen. What yours shows, which I haven't seen clearly before, is a trace of the old 7 to the upper left of the new eight. Nice!

Steve

Steve and Gxseries, your comments have been very instructive. I was comparing the coin in question to an example of the 1797 2K no MM on Steve's website and I could see that one of the most telling differences between the two was not only the ridiculously sharp strike, but also the evenness of the letter engraving in the word kopek on the ebay coin. In Steve's genuine example, the lettering is neatly organized along a horizontal axis, but slightly off kilter which makes sense given the fact that we are talking about Russia, not exactly the forerunner of technology at any point in history I believe and secondly that it was the late 18th century. Any thoughts, Steve, Gx?

You're definitely doing the right thing. Look at images of genuine coins, as many as you can, and develop an intuition for the broad feel as well as the more detailed features. It takes time and there's really no short cut.