squirrel

I agree with ex4c,

and Alex,

and Igor.

congrats on all of them.!

Hi, I did not want to wake up sleeping dogs/competitors, so I show the eBay item only now, having hunted it down at a reasonable price.

It could be nicer but looks honest.

Will present it when in hand I have to say more about this coin.

Sigi

 

http://www.ebay.de/itm/C-115-2-Russland-5-Kopeken1802km-ss-vf-Alexander-I-double-eagle-Kolyvan-/331152126478?ru=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.de%2Fsch%2Fi.html%3F_sacat%3D0%26_from%3DR40%26_nkw%3D331152126478%26_rdc%3D1&nma=true&si=ufxW9HRxSLUSCYUnajPeWRzMi5Q%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

 

 

Thats a VERY nice one! congrats, Sigi! I know you have been after that type for quite a long time. Me too, but this dog does not have enough biscuits to go after one that pretty.

Here there are... nothing fancy, just common more or less Wings Down copper.

Congrats to Rarenum!

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/251478724384

 

The coin is from an old Markov auction, isn't it?

I would like to see the nicer one that he, no doubt, replaced it with

What about the copper set squirrel?

Oh, copper Bats? I will rummage through my sock drawer to have a look....

I was photographing my Poltina for the other thread, and decided to take a family portrait.

I am looking for POLTINA wings down in attractive condition. If someone has for sale please let me know.

Not really "attractive" (except to me! sorry not for sale)

I wonder if the other copper denominations for 1790 were re dated from 1789 as well, at Ektaterinaburg?

It would be fun to go after!

Here is her little sister. 2 Kopek, 1790 over 89.

click thumbnail to enlarge.

 

Plus, I am intrigued by the situation in Ukraine, so less attention to the coins and more to the politics around my home towns of Kharkov and Sumy.

I think I will pitch a new game to Milton Bradley - 'Hungry Hungry Putin!'

 

The balls will have names of former Soviet republics, and our illustrious leader will try to gobble them up as quickly as possible. Game will only have single player mode.

 

Yet we eagarly collect old coins with the faces of rulers past who succeeded at doing just that.

We are students of History, and now witnessing the latest chapter.

That is a beautiful coin! LEAVE IT ALONE!!

you wont ever get the dark spots to match the field's patina. Microscopically, the texture of the corrosion is not as smooth, because the copper has been eaten away and oxidized with a different composition as the undamaged patina surface. I t would have to be polished smooth, and no chemical can do that.

In the early days of Ebay I bought this coin for $4k. I do not have it any more. Replaced it with a car a while back

yes but you left out one small detail... what kind of car?

perhaps:

logical conclusion: Russian Numismatic trade forum. but what happens when you want to trade, for example Russian for US or other?

 

Color me impressed (and intrigued)!

not impressed.

cough it up, dude. these arent nuclear secrtets. Nuclear secrets arent even secret anymore! You could tell us, but you would have to kill us?....

damn, i still need to buy a macro lens .

^{Well, ebay or molotok...... What was your best win? Not hot and heavy duke it out overbidding, but say, something no one else caught or was willing to bid on, and you got a nice prize for way less than it should have otherwise...}

^{Ill start with this one:}

^{A nice Peter I Grivna from 1705. Listed as "unidentified coin" in ebay, a few years back. got it for 30 bucks.}

This one did not go back to motherland

wow!

I'm going the very opposite direction - lost my job and I'm facing the prospect of selling what I have. This includes some of the rarer coins that you might have seen me discussing and unfortunately everything is on the table. I guess the good side is, what I have stashed are worth something even though they may not be the best condition.

 

On the positive side, this is one coin that was mixed in a pile of Soviet coin lot that came in a while ago.

 

 

 

Some may realize this is a tough key semi key date and rarity wise is exceeded only by 1971, 1972 15 kopek and 1942, 1970 being the key date of the 15 kopek set (except 1958).

 

This is probably one of the last few discussion related to Russian numismatics coming from me for a while. Can't live on coins and I had the pleasure of holding onto some scarce coins.

I can empathize with you GX... I was laid off as well following the economic crash, a few years ago. It really hurt, and hadnt bought a coin since. Havent sold off.anything I consider "nice". cant bring myself to do that, but I have sold some duplicates.

Fortunately, my wife has a steady (but underpaid) job in state government paper pushing, so I tend to my now 5 year old, and have slowly built up a part time business working at home over the magic of the internet. The work comes and goes, and in the meantime i have painted the majority of the inside of my house, and done a little remodeling, done a lot of landscaping, fixed our cars, etc... but at the end of the month, well, lets just say if i want to stay married, I dont buy overpriced russian coins!

I still enjoy taking out my collection, admiring the nice ones, re-organizing my trays, and of course keeping them all clean and shiny, especially the 18th c. silver ones, they really shine up nice with a buffing wheel and polish ..

I still stalk ebay and the auctions for the dream coins to fill my empty spaces in my trays..... . you never know! plus the hunt is still half the fun, isnt it?

meanwhile.....

thank you.

1/2 Bisti went cheap. It was not that nice, otherwise I would go for it. Auction went pretty crazy, with all usual suspects present. Fakes sold for crazy money.

ok... I'll bite.

which ones were fakes? are we talking about the Markov/Baldwin NY Sale here?

Show you as promised. Lot 395. Obverse

beautiful photo. congratulations! Catalog images do not do justice to these coins!

Show more, please, all of you!

I think what you are seeing are tool marks or scratches from cleaning.

I just dont see a cipher 10K overstrike here, based on the pics.

what a great coin!