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Went on a rampage to buy a hoard of Manchukuo coins - they seem to be drying up quite quickly. There is probably more than 100 coins in this lot. This did not come cheaply but found some key dates and upgrades in here. While catalog value seems to suggest otherwise, I have been looking for these coins for at least a couple of years. 5 li coins - this is dated 1933 1936 The most common 5 li coins are 1934 (Da Tong 3 and Kang De 1) and 1937 (Year 4). Other years are significantly difficult. Probably paid a few times more than the suggested catalog value. New type 1943 5 fen This coin is surprisingly difficult to find despite what catalog value suggest. This coin is actually harshly cleaned but I know that if I miss this opportunity, I will not see another one any time soon. Both the new and old 5 fen coin was difficult to find but this I reckon is a lot harder than the old type. I have about 4 coins left to find in this series but they all pose serious challenges. 1 fen copper: 1933 - despite what all catalog value say, I have not seen one for sale. 10 fen / 1 jiao aluminum old type: 1943 - this is the most expensive key date 5 li copper: 1935, 1939. Now I reckon these two could be as hard as the key date especially the 1939 5 li.

I would like to know what the edge looks like.

Have no opinion but altering this could be a lot harder - the date is indented so unless parts of the zero has been filled in, I think it's quite difficult.

Yes, the denomination is "fun" and it's fun to find when something like this pops up. This coin is a Korean 1902 5 fun. I wasn't really looking seriously and by chance saw this for sale. It wasn't too terribly expensive and I thought what do I have to lose. For some reason I thought it looked different from mine and sure enough, what got me is the font thickness difference in the character "6" for "kwangmu 6th year". It's on the lower right leg. Turns out the original one that I had could be scarcer than I could have thought of. BUT As you might guess, this coin has an interesting rotation error. Rotation error of up to 15 degrees is common but this is pretty unusual. I guess the moral of the story is, just because it's crusty and low grade doesn't necessary mean that it's worthless. You might find something unusual while you are at it.

Apologies, must be a mental typo slip there. Will fix it now.

Saw this coin on offer and the price wasn't that expensive. On top of that, this is a very unusual design - I got bitten by it. No state emblem - and I like the details.

Can you please take a photo directly on top, not from an angle? One of Uzdenikov's catalog mentioned that ducats were overstruck over Dutch coin. Here's a list of them. http://http://gxseries.com/numis/rus_imperial/overstrike/rus_overstruck.htm

I'll send a message to the seller with my concerns.

It's definitely not a country as touristic like Western Europe. Just have to watch it in April where you have ugly thugs walking around - was bashed in the middle of street bright daylight. But again this is more than 10 years ago so things would have changed drastically. This is when you have 10 ruble notes still circulating and bimetal coins were starting to appear. 5 ruble notes were uncommon. On the hindsight, if you know where to look, it can be a big eye opener. Yaroslavl and St Petersburg are good examples. Moscow metro is equally impressive. That said Sigi, was a lot of the 10 ruble coins bimetal or the plated commemorative coins? Heard the bimetal coins disappeared quite quickly.

I thought the weight is a bit lower than specs. Not sure what the average weight of this particular ruble is supposed to be like.

Won this ruble recently. Certain that it's genuine but there's something that I can't quite pin down on. Weight: 23.14g.

There is another variety for 1974 mint set. If they are issued in plastic sheet instead of the hard plastic case, they are worth more. This is an example

Bought this recently and found it intriguing. Here's more information: http://suite101.com/article/holocaust-money-of-the-lodz-ghetto-a311179 When I picked up this coin, I thought it looks like it was in a fire. Maybe it was really used to generate some heat? Certain that this is a genuine coin.

At one stage when they were first released, they weren't worth a lot. Probably about 100 dollars or so less back then. Now they are about 300+ dollars because 1, 2 and 5 rubles coins were only released in mintsets. Mintage of these coins are estimated about 15,000 each for both types. Managed to get hold of the St Petersburg set - missed the opportunity to win the Moscow mint set as the asking price closer to 400 dollars. Will post the photo when I get to it.

Extant4cell - the coins that came in the original GOZNAK paper pocket were struck in UNC condition, not PROOF condition. Proof conditions are quite scarce and were only released in limited amount.

Bought a couple of interesting copper coins and these just arrived. Quite neat. Not a particularly rare coin but I found this year rather difficult to find for some reason. Now this I think is a rather underrated coin. No mintmark 1788 1 kopek. This is overstruck over 1762 2 kopek. Underlaying image. Found something interesting recently? Please feel free to show.

There are counterfeits known. I was stung by it a while ago. You must check the edge of it as well as the weight of the coin before making any decision on buying it.

Very nice. Thanks for showing.

Saw this seller with these prices ongoing. If these end, you have to check "complete listing" http://www.ebay.com/sch/spacemail4you/m.html?item=111111373667&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2562 A few highlights http://www.ebay.com/itm/1970-RUSSIA-NGC-PF-63-Original-Proof-ROUBLE-Lenin-Soviet-USSR-Rubel-Russland-/111111453563?pt=US_World_Coins&hash=item19dec23b7b http://www.ebay.com/itm/1965-RUSSIA-NGC-PF-66-Starodel-ROUBLE-World-War-Soviet-Union-USSR-Rubel-Russland-/111111373667?pt=US_World_Coins&hash=item19dec10363 http://www.ebay.com/itm/1967-RUSSIA-NGC-PF-66-Starodel-ROUBLE-Revolution-Soviet-USSR-Rubel-Russland-/111111396774?pt=US_World_Coins&hash=item19dec15da6 I nearly flipped when I saw those prices.

Contempory counterfeits.

All of them are replicas. Worth essentially scrap metal price and to make it VERY clear - unlikely to be silver.

It is NOT reasonable. 150,000 USD is a lot to ask over the internet especially from a third party that's not an established seller like a well known auction house. I see this as an absolute nonsense ad unless someone else begs to differ. I personally would raise an eyebrow if you are asking for more than 10,000 dollars over a forum.

The price is definitely off putting.

I know what next year's medal PCI winner would be That said, I wasn't expecting this to generate such an interest.

I often use black as a background. I use a strong bright white desktop light. This is all I use which you can see at omnicoin It should work quite well for dark color coins. I struggle with copper coins with some traces of red or other type of coins with strong reflectively surfaces - this is something that I haven't perfected yet.