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  2. some new russians inc overstrike

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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!

  4. 1767 10 Kopeks Siberia ? Novodel...

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    Thank you for your answers. I am aware of replicas of these 10 kops, but the ones I came across before had a lot cruder detail. This is the first one with "N stamp" and a lot finer details that I found. A very tricky coin. Seller on eBay sells 3 "novodel" coins. All 3 with "N" and all 3 with finer details to the previously noted replicas (by me). I guess the counterfeiters’' techniques have improved. ;) Seller mentions in his listing that a coin just like his was sold by Conros auction, can that be true or is this another fable, does anyone know?

     

    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.

  8. eBay watch

    in Russian Coin Forums

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    I had this one on watch, was wondering if anyone will bid on it... Restoration that was carried through too far... It used to be genuine coin... :rolleyes:

     

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

  9. 2 Kopeks 1872 EM

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    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. :)

  19. 2 Kopeks 1872 EM

    in Russian Coin Forums

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    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? ;)

  25. Some Sincona 7 Results

    in Russian Coin Forums

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    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.

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