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Thank you! I am planning to start working on translation in the near future. Once it's ready, I will let you know here.

Changed link to this http://www.blurb.com/user/store/skobtchenko

Thank you Mike! Hope you like it. Let me know what you think of it once you've read it. There may be some stylistic and spelling mistakes found, but as far as its numismatic content goes, it is a worthy book by far. I was really excited to work on it and learned a lot myself, making small discoveries every day. I may fix the small language related mistakes with the next edition, if it will come to that, but the actual coins and ideas will not change, it is all good to go.

Book is published in Russian and is on sale now, I worked on this book for the last 9 months. I can say without shame that the work turned out to be monumental, and to all of those who are interested in the large copper coins of Elizabeth and Peter III it will serve as a great reference, and it does not matter how novice collector may be or if collector is with many years of experience. 27 types of coins are describe in a simple to understand form. This analytical reference catalog will make you to look at your collections from a new angle, order your coins in your collections and let you understand which coins are still missing, making collecting more interesting. More than 100 coins - two and five kopecks of Elizabeth, four and ten kopecks of Peter III are described and laid according to the mint, type and age. Explanations on how to distinguish between coins of different types and mints in 1757, 1758, 1759, 1760, 1761 and 1762, respectively. All types and atlas of coins' images of all types and years are added for comparison. Book is available in Russian language, at this stage. I hope to translate it into English in a couple of months time. But if you read Russian, you can buy it earlier or just see the preview: http://www.blurb.com/user/store/skobtchenko

If you find a good example, don't forget to show it. ; )

Reasonably rare. Personally, I think it's the same type as "no lines over the year", that is well advertised as rare in catalogs, but with a line added: In my opinion it is a little rarer than the "no lines" coins. I have a few "no lines" and only one with "one line"...

I'd pay to see that collection

I am not into Soviet coins, but from what I can see there is a 20 kopecks there, I think 1882, with an error - that's always interesting. As for the rest, I suggest find and look through an on-line catalog of soviet coins. Here is some from the google search I just did. I didn't open them yet, but at least one link should work, I'm sure - have fun! http://sovmint.ru/katalog/ http://www.rcoins.com/monety-sssr-stoimost-katalog https://www.raritetus.ru/stoimost-monet/monety-sssr/ http://conros.ru/1/soviet/ http://www.ccoins.ru/index_en.html http://www.ccoins.ru/east_eu/ussr1_en.html

My condolences.

Thank you all, and the same to you! Looks like my wish has come true, for once (at least once)... Won a coin at the NY auction that was made with the same dies as the ex-Tolstoy collection coin kept in Hermitage. Second specimen known to me so far!

Thank you Steve!

Where can I find results of the NY sale?

I thought that ///// was more of a regular edge, lettered edge less common, and \\\\\\ the rearest...

I just looked it up. Alexander had some interesting Siberian copper 10 kopecks on auction just gone: with rare edge, that you can look up here: https://adacoins.ru/live_auction/33/16578 Here are the links to other coins I mentioned in the topic name: https://adacoins.ru/live_auction/33/16577 - regular edge https://adacoins.ru/live_auction/33/16593 - can compare to this 1779 https://adacoins.ru/live_auction/33/16573 - 1766 lettered edge https://adacoins.ru/live_auction/33/16576 - 1767 lettered edge and this interesting "bowling eagle" overstrike - 10 k 1762: https://adacoins.ru/live_auction/33/16554

I'll be checking against the edges of the ones I have later, probably in a New Year now. I'll let you know whatever Idea I'll have... but of cause, the bigger the "test" group, the easier to pass the judgement with any degree of certainty...

Here is the edge of the 1758 coin we were talking about Sigi. I believe it to be SPM as well... What do you think?

That means - Lots of great lots of Russian coins at affordable prices! Stay safe, prosperous and happy! Let the New 2016 be a year when you all return to collecting Russian coins actively and sharing your experiences on this forum, let it be the year when your Russian coin collections thrive!

Absolutely correct assumption, that's exactly how it is done.

Not bad at all! My all times favorite is this one:

Congratulations! I am not into these roubles,but it's a nice example indeed.

Looks beautiful. Did you get it?

Beautiful coin Sigi! It always makes thumbnails on coinpeople... but we can click on it

It's a crazy Peter's kopeck (the way everyone calls it), the one that "keeps the rouble safe". just some silly attention catcher I made to show that nothing is the way it seams until you hold it in your hand... Coin people went down, when I tried to change my avatar to this. May be it was my fault? Did you look it up in the catalogs yet? You are the first one to notice and to comment...

I only put the information together and sometimes analyze it... Nothing special... still, thank you, Sigi. Your wonderfully accessible collection is always a starting point to any information gathering...

same SPB eagle, 2 different types of reverse...