squirrel

good looking coin! congrats!

This is a great topic!

My first overstruck coin was 1763 EM 5K. bought maybe 20 yrs ago...

It was in with a mail order lot of coins, bought sight unseen for very little, and badly corroded.

I had great fun removing the verdigris, only to discover all those strange extra elements that just didnt belong on this big russian coin! Thus i discovered the fun of overstruck variety.

Does this mean that these coins all came from a single collection?

including a a very nice Peter III 1 kopeck

Josh, thank you for the witty comment.

You always find a humourous aspect about this (sometimes too) serious business Best, Sigi

Thanks Sigi! After all, this is coin PEOPLE here!

I try to use some type of system for keeping all the varieties of eagles clear in my mind, and if the later type KM pyatak eagle is the most beautiful (in my mind), then the 2nd type EM eagle is the ugly duckling.

Dont even ask me how i keep the varieties of Anna Rouble portraits differentiated in my nutty brain, but you will never see "Jabba the Hut" listed in any scholarly reference.

IMHO, Sigi, you have the older, plump, eagle. Not the scrawny, underfed bird of the later vintage. Congratulations!

Wow, that would be perfect! It is so obvious a solution in hindsight, that I am red-faced that I didn't think of it myself!

Thanks squirrel!

 

Thanks also to the folks who sent me links to reasonably priced 10 ruble coins reputable online dealers that seem reputable...

that is exactly what I was hoping for. Though I think I will look for a pair of 5 ruble coins now.

 

I really appreciate everyone's help and input!

$400 or even $425 would be fine, but I can't find uncertified 10 rouble gold coins for less than $475 online.

That's about a $100 premium to melt, which seems a bit steep.

 

My local dealer's prices are even higher.

 

I'm looking for an online dealer, or private party, who is knowledgeable enough not to unknowingly sell me a fake,

and reputable enough not to knowingly sell me one.

 

Thanks for any suggestions!

You might find better luck with two 5 ruble coins. Much more commonly found, i believe.

and that way you could display one heads and one tails, for your exhibit. just a thought.

Hi everyone,

 

What do you think of this? Giveaway or expensive fake?

http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?icep_ff3=2&pub=5574633083&toolid=10001&campid=5335826004&customid=&ipn=psmain&icep_vectorid=229466&kwid=902099&mtid=824&kw=lg&icep_item=360360883157

Well, this one MIGHT be the real deal. It doesnt scream FAKE, and the photos seem ok at first look.

My 7th grade French (which was horrible 30 years ago)seems to indicate the coin was mounted, and two French guys verified the authenticity. It would seem the usual "I promise the coin is ,genuine, so you cant return it" translates quite clearly. Not a reassuring way to buy a rare coin, to be sure.

Parody! Thats great. What a good description. It makes "Fake" sound like a compliment!

1718 1 Kopek

Not too hard on the eye in person.

 

the coin, or the Empress?

Thank you! I don't think I could afford to touch a higher grade one, so I decided to grab the less appealing specimen. IMHO this coin is much scarcer than the 1798 10 kopeeks and does not quite have as much air shining through it.

Here is another low grade bargain (Anna, not Paul).... I put in for 50 bucks. went a bit over 100. not bad for a bargain type coin.

congrats to the winner!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...e=STRK:MEDWX:IT

Was looking at ebay.de and here's one example of 10 kopek:

 

http://cgi.ebay.de/10-Kopeken-1799-Russlan...=item5886b5e919

 

Looks like the other 10 kopek was a bargain!

Speaking of which, I don't even have a full set of Paul I copper coins.

That wont be easy either! They are a good number of hard to find rarities in the copper set!!

and some weirdos collect dead insects AND coins...

That huge bug better be R3 or R4 !!! because i dont ever want to come across one, unless it has a nail thru it!

I have a few fossil trilobite bugs. (dont collect, just have lots of wierd stuff) I suppose those are the "novodels" of the insect world?

Collecting coins is totally subjective. Every individual collector collects what appeals to him/her. There are absolutely no rules. There is absolutely nothing wrong with collecting novodels as long as you know what you are collecting.

There is no hierarchy. Collecting novodels does not make you any less of a collector than someone who, for argument's sake, collects British Sovereigns or US Saint-Gaudens Double Eagles.

 

It is strictly a personal choice dictated by personal taste.

Exactly to the point! Why do any of us collect these little pieces of round (not always) metal with pictures and words.... they can not keep the rain off of our heads or put food on the table (unless we choose to part with them).....

some folks collect beer cans, dead insects, etc. My dear mother collects the tiny green mossy plants that grow on tree bark, and talks endlessly about it! So I guess its whatever keeps you from being bored!

i dont understand. is this not a newly purchased coin?

how much and when was it purchased, and by who?

All greetings. I bought this coin in their collection.

I long to find it. How much it might cost?

How much did you pay?

ive got a few....

Perhaps the Empress did not feel that the Imperial Cleavage was adequately represented

Congratulations, Vladimir

Best wishes for much success on your new book!

Duh. oooops! I must have transposed the numerals at some point and never noticed my error (ie 1689 instead of 1698).

 

in the interim here's a silver jeton of Monsieur de Fourcy, Lord mayor of Paris issued for his second term in office 1687

 

The Dogs on either side of the coat of arms remind me of the Sables on (much later, 1764-81) Siberian copper.

Well, ive now thoroughly researched the matter in a most academic manner, and can conclude that indeed, coins were minted during the year 1695!

A search of fleabay reveals no less than 24 be-wigged, overfed, and inbread monarchs whos likeness was engraved in 1695, upon a disk of shiny silver!! All available to the highest bidder!!!

I shall therefore have patience, but i thinks its going to be a long century........