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Amazing, Davide !!

They created a market and make money selling their wrappers. Sigi -

No, thank you, I got both 1767KMs (\\\\\\\\\\\\\) and (/////////////) edges, but still need the lettered edge. So far I have shot in my own leg several times by driving prices up - as the underbidder, making the standard rise (the market is becoming more and more transparent). Sigi -

You are perfectly right! You saw at first glance what took me several days of watching and comparing, I was close to buying this eBay coin as an important discovery, when I finally saw that the die clash had fooled me Congratulations, eagle eyes! BTW - the coin is still on eBay, see link below. http://www.ebay.de/i...984.m1423.l2649 Sigi -

Here's another candidate - featuring an amazing die clash and 2 different wings. The left wing design has never been seen before on a 1777 . It appeared only in 1778 and 1779. Enjoy, Sigi

I am after a very unusual eagle, will show if I hunt it down. Sigi -

Yes, this is the large EM, so chances are dim to discover a rope edge - though with Russian coins you never know. As to the host 10kopek: Paper money had been introduced in 1769. It was backed only by copper coins, i.e. only redeemable into copper. Excessive printing of paper money led to inflation, more and more obvious from 1786 on. As a consequence, copper money, too, lost in value against the metal it was made of and became more and more scarce in circulation. Count Zubov convinced Catherine II in 1796 to double the face value of the copper coins, which was executed later that year, by overstriking existing coins. This came to a halt with the new Tsar Paul, who had reoverstrike the overstrikes into their former value. As most of the reoverstrikes were pretty ugly, for which Catherine was to blame, the reoverstrikes were done with still existing old Catherine dies or (as in your case) new dies, but with earlier (Catherine's) dates and monogram. I'm happy at your feedback, thank you Some of my coins are not pictured anywhere (as my worn 10kop1773KM large crown/small mintmark, listed and priced in Brekke, Bitkin, etc., but always without picture) or a 10kop1777KM with the earlier (up to 1776) monogram side, an unlisted variant My 4kop1762 is no longer part of the collection. If interested, send PM. Sigi

Very true. I'd undress the beauty rightaway. Sigi -

The slabbers did not know that this is an overstrike The host coin's traces became "hairlines". Nice coin. Sigi -

NO - I did NOT see it, must watch more carefully. I Probably wouldn't have got it anyway. Sigi

A great coin in that grade! Sigi -

Worthless, indeed Not even similar to the real thing. I heard that they were (maybe are still being) made for tourists and fleamarkets. Sigi -

Great! Congratulations! Any 3kopCM is difficult in any condtion and some ot them are RARE. A full date set is very exceptional. I gave up after only having found 2. Sigi

Thank you for showing These large 5 kopeks (and their variants) fascinate me, too. Of 1779 there are quite some eagle variants. Sigi -

No experience with this seller - but I bid only 3-4 seconds before deadline, no more time for any shilling. Sigi

Thank you, I really appreciate your help! Sigi

If I understand correctly, the book is still available at staraya-monet. Is it possible to buy it there as a westerner? How to pay? Thank you, Sigi

Большое спасибо, Стив! -

In his forthcoming sale, World-Wide Coins of California (Elmen) presents some nice Peter III coins with "Petrunin" references Could someone tell the full title of the Petrunin catalog and the complete name of the author? Where to obtain? Thank you, Sigi

The MMs are even cruder. See my lousy pieces in the link below. There was an unbelievably nice 1760MM abt. 2 years ago in the Bakken collection, sold by Gorny, Munich, Germany. I went there for that coin, but also to meet Tom Bakken. We had a couple of Bavarian beers together. The next day the coin fetched €1800. But I had given up long before Do you have the 5kop1761MM? I don't Happy hunting, Sigi

Thinking of ebaying my old one If interested, send PM with offer. Thank you, Sigi

In the early years the large 5 kopek coins were still crudely struck. Many if not most were overstruck into Peter III's 10kopeks in 1762. The surviving piataks circulated 50 years and more. It is thus very difficult to find a nicely struck specimen in a decent grade. I proudly present my recent acquisition Ain't she sweet ... Sigi

Have a laugh - SPM coin became EM Maybe the slabbers just wanted to see how far they can go? And they got away with it - seller offers it as EM! After adjudging grades, now the mint mark, the next step should be the date of their (or the customers') choice. (hit the link below). Sigi http://www.ebay.com/...=item43b49ae1c9 -

$15 at most in this grade

In his 1997 catalog, Tom Bakken listed 1790/8- and 1790/89 overdates. Others may exist. Your coin looks pretty much like an overdate As to the something at the scepter, it is the result of a die clash (It happened that the two dies clashed together with no blank inserted between them). As steel was not yet as hard as today, the harder die left an impression on the weaker one. What we see at the scepter comes from the pine twig of the monogram side. Sigi