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I guess I could have asked if I could take a photo but it was an event where no one is allowed to take photos. On top of it - I'm sure the lady would have freaked out!

I have been away for a while since I have been busy with life. Today I noticed there was a lady with a huge silver coin as a necklace.

Of course since I'm posting in this section of the forum, it has to do with Russian coins. It was a Peter II coin which I suspect it would have been minted around 1728.

So I complimented that she had a very nice necklace. To add to that, I did throw her off completely that not only was it Russian but it was struck around 1720s. Now I kinda did wish I remember what variety it was. Somewhat a shame to see it in a jewellery since it looked like a VF+ / XF- condition with natural planchet flaws...

Just a random rant for the month. But again, when did you get to see something like that!!!

Thought it looked quite interesting - a return back to the Tsar era?

This affects coins from 1 ruble all the way to 10 ruble.

http://cbr.ru/Bank-notes_coins/?Prtid=coins&file=coins_97/rub_1_97.htm

Here's a larger image which is about 1 - 2 mb.

http://gxseries.com/dump/my_2007_20sen_large.jpg

Some reckon it's just worn die but I struggle to see how that is possible.

Going to bump this topic since I haven't had any clue on the mystery of "Negara Malaysia"



Any idea of what it is?

Tough questions thedeadpoint. Malaysian error coins are somewhat interesting as around 2010, a huge batch of error coins appeared out of nowhere. It was suspected that a rouge mint employee created a batch of error coins and flooded the market. Multiple struck error, split planchets, double denominations etc all appeared at once. It has since died down. I would somewhat suspect that the value of Malaysian error coins would be worth something but on the lower end.

Singapore error coins on the other hand are actually quite uncommon to scarce. In fact, this is the first two examples that I owned and only seen a couple of other examples on the internet - both asking for absurd prices (not sold).

I'm not too sure what percentage of error coins that I have. I am guessing that I am lucky if it's 1% of my entire collection depending on the nations. I was in the middle of cataloging all the error coins that I have but never got around to it...

I was going through a batch of coins from Malaysia and Singapore. I wasn't expecting anything of significantly import since they are normal circulated coins. But I guess if you look hard - you might find something! Now this is more interesting as error coins from Singapore and Malaysia are not common. Malaysian error coins might be easier to find compared to Singapore.

Introducing Malaysian error coins -

Malaysia 1990 20 sen - mechanical doubling on "20"

Malaysia 2007 20 sen - doubling on 20"07", attempted correction on legend "NEGARA MALAYSIA" (?)

To be honest - I am stumped over this error. The doubling on the number "07" was easy to figure out however it seems that there is something going on with the legend. I have compared this to a normal 2007 20 sen to show that this is different. To me, it seems that there must have been some kind of error with the legend and there was attempt to correct it. This is where I struggle to understand - unless something happened during the reduction process, I cannot quite see how this problem occurred. Maybe someone can suggest something more probable?

And a couple of error coins from Singapore. To be honest - I nearly missed both of them since these errors are not obvious at all!!!

Singapore 1968 20 cents - rotation error

To illustrate this error, this is what a normal coin is supposed to look like.

I nearly threw this in a pile of "junk" lot to be sold as such. As of how I managed to figure out the rotation error... I guess it's luck.

Singapore 1990 50 cents - mechanical doubling

This also nearly went in a pile of junk lot. Since it had an ugly stain to it, I paid no attention to it. A quick 2 second look revealed that this has some mechanical doubling, which is not common on Singapore coins.

Please feel free to share error coins from Malaysia and Singapore.

Thought I'd post it here since Russian error coins are somewhat under appreciated and or underrated. Got them a while back but never got around to properly photographing them.

1750 denga, double struck

1773 5 kopek (EM), excess cud

1812 2 kopek (KM), lamination

1821 2 kopek (EM), multiple strike

Now this one is interesting - I'm actually not too sure if this is multiple strike or something else.

1930 5 kopek, rotation error

I know it's just a "normal" Soviet coin but when was the last time you see an error coin like this?

1994 50 ruble commemorating sandy mole rat, off center core

I really thought the off center core is neat! Matches with another off center core coin that I have.

Please feel free to share your Russian error coins.

This might be a very very far stretch but annual reports from Royal Mint may provide some hints:

http://www.royalmint.com/aboutus/annual-report

I don't think there's any info on the Bank of Jamaica website - might want to try their email...

http://boj.org.jm/publications/publications_show.php?publication_id=4

The real problem with Chinese articles is that you don't even know if the numbers are trustworthy or are created by some "smart accounting" practices.

If it's a more common type, it might not hurt to ask in the forum to see if anyone is willing to sell their duplicates before they list it on ebay.

If you are new on ebay, I guess it doesn't hurt to get some catalog and always be ahead of the counterfeit game. Always seek advice if not sure. Posting pictures of suspected goods on forums and asking for opinions do help.

If you have been on ebay for a while, there are a few options to save, however do at own discretion.

1) Do your homework! If it is a product that you have been wanting for a while, do not unnecessarily blow money on it especially it is somewhat common. However if it is one that appears once in a blue moon, be prepared to have some spare reserve set aside.

2) Talk to the seller and if he / she is willing to do a deal. Do not send an absurd offer, i.e. 30% of what the seller is asking and quote the sold figure of a counterfeit product. You can be assured no one will ever want to do a deal with you again especially if the seller spreads word.

3) If you know the seller well enough, discuss if you can do a transaction out of ebay. 10%+ ebay fees + paypal fees does add up very quickly if you are talking about 100+ dollars. Again, this is when you have a REALLY good relationship with the seller.

4) Never burn bridges. The world is that small. It can be possible that a seller may have sold you something not as described. Communicate with the seller and if it doesn't work out, do escalate the issue and resolve the matter as civil as possible.

IgorS - I was really skeptical until I had a look at Stacks. Wow... Out of all places, I just can't imagine how they were taken out from Leningrad Mint. Sure it's sold for a fair bit but it's something that doesn't appear in the market. I don't even know when one was sold!!!

I'm sorry to hear the news.

Very nice! I really like how much research is done on the Litzmannstadt coins.

Welcome to coinpeople!

As mentioned in other forum, they are not genuine at all. One fat man dollar coin is worth more than 50 dollars alone and silver melt value should be worth more than what it is going now.

Much better luck in winning the lotto than trying to waste money on scrap metal.

Do you mean plated copper?

I am going to be silly here as I don't know what I am looking at.

What is different in this coin? I am not too sure what it means of Cypher.

Always nice to see a woodgrain coin!

All good Akdrv! Thank you!

I have also noticed the same issue. For some reason the combined images are not showing up.

This is an interesting coin. I've moved it to the Russian coin forum as we have experts who can advise if they have seen anything similar.

Wow, I haven't seen him for a while. Hope all is going well!

My question to you is do you support a regime that actively kills people, loot their belongings and have them recycled as coins?

I think Uzdenikov's theory is feasible however I am not certain if this can be applied to 5 kopek.

There are weight extremes for the 5 kopek and I have seen from 35g to 80g+. It may be plausible that the a 2 kopek sheet was accidently used for the underweight coin however I cannot think of any larger circulating coins other than the Siberian 10 kopek coins. I have an example at 76g from memory and it was quite thick at 6mm. \

Very nice examples of the coins! Mine isn't that nice at all.