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Thanks, haven't received it yet. There were 2 other nice Russian medals up for an auction. I was planning to bid on them as well, but someone apparently convinced the seller to list them as Buy It Now and bought them for $220 apiece! To be fair I think there were a couple of other medals in there, French Napoleonic and something else. I guess that 'someone' bought the whole lot! A very clever move!

Well, there's this: http://www.coinpeople.com/index.php?/forum/30-advertising-forums/ Has anyone ever traded russian coins there? I just don't think there's that many of us on this forum, and I never check that section.

Actually, a lot of them came with that H stamp. At that time, at flee markets, terms Novodel and Fake/Replica were completely interchangeable. Fakes were routinely called Novodels, and no one meant it as a reference to the 18th/19th century mint struck Novodels. It was just a polite way of referring to a coin that is not genuine. I think that left a bad taste in Russia for actual Novodel coins. BTW, I assume you know that the officially struck novodels did not have any such counterstamps.

People sell here?

I've seen them in even in early nineties. There was a lot of them back then. Not sure if someone is still making new ones, or the old stocks are shifting around.

I think I remember it. As I recall you outbid me on eBay for it in 2007 or 2008 I won another 1840 CM around that time but never got it. The one I have is from Aalborg IV.

I think it's just harshly cleaned, but I was referring to the unusually googly eyed eagle:)

I think it's only popular because it is accessible, and gives an impression that you have information on almost any coin at your fingertips. I've already seen more aggressive world coin dealers switch to less available but more accurate references, although mostly in PDF formats.

That is amazing!!!

Yellow, no corrosion but worn... Something like F.

Something is seriously wrong with that eagle http://www.ebay.com/itm/261120084932

Does anyone need a 1845?

Got lucky!

Thanks! I took a while... I recall your 1845 3 kopeeks. That was an amazing coin!

It's not perfect but I finally got them ALL!

Clones:

Here's more interesting coins from the same seller: 4 kopeeks 1762 - http://www.ebay.com/itm/330819379344 2 kopeeks 1762 - http://www.ebay.com/itm/330819377387

I'm not sure where they get their information. In my mind 67 EM is the toughest coin in this EM series, and 72 EM is not difficult (IMHO). Not sure why they would be equal in SCWC... To actually confirm what's hard and what's easy we need to wait for Steve Moulding's Alexander 2 study. Is there one underway?

Mintage figures do not always accurately reflect how easy or difficult it is to procure a coin. At the same time, my references do not indicate anything special about 1872 EM 2 kopeeks.

I thought I may have bought from that seller, but it looks like I have not. I guess I always lost.

Just wanted to note that this denomination does not seem to come up in a decent grade very often, far less often than the 2 Para.

That's the best I've seen!

Sigi, did you see this one! http://www.ebay.com/itm/290785862159

The lot I was bidding on 1771 sold for 250 CHF, I entered my bid and got a confirmation from Sixbid, but no one contacted me past that. Maybe it didn't work. At any rate this lot was advertised to have an 1811 SBP denga in it - which I want. But it was impossible to confirm from picture, so I think it may have been a typo.