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The Reserve Price gives you a choice not to perform the transaction if the winning bid is lower than the reserve price. Bidders know that there is a reserve price but do not know what it is. This can actually somewhat reduce interest in your item, as people might assume that the reserve is quite high and there is no point in trying to win.

Take very good pictures of the set and of each coin (perhaps using a scanner would be easier). Cut the pictures of coins out, so there is no huge empty spaces around them. List on eBay under both Coins & Paper Money > Coins: World > Europe > Russia > Federation (1992-Now) and Coins & Paper Money > Coins: World > Gold You can probably start the auction at $100 and see where it takes you. If you don't have a PayPal account, it's a good idea to start one now.

Sold!!!

I think the question here is why sell something like that on eBay? Why not go through a respectable auction house? And seller's caveat does not sound very promising: "* No returns accepted. All payments are final. Please contact for any questions."

Here's a fake: http://molotok.ru/3-kopejki-1917-goda-i2325089362.html Makes the one on eBay look good

Honestly I've never seen one of these. I do know that the whole 1917 series has been faked, I'm not sure if this is one of those fakes though.

Looks like 1810 has become popular enough to have people recut 1811(?) 2 kopeeks into 1810: http://www.ebay.com/itm/261014504369

A very cool coin sold on eBay today. I did not win But congrats to whoever did! Check it out, and note that the M on the obverse and the P on the reverse are both upside-down!!! http://www.ebay.com/itm/380434454472

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I don't like your coin. Reminds me of a bunch of Polushkas recently sold by Numismatic Lanz on eBay. I don't know their provenance, but they don't look right and I don't think they could even be Novodels.

Maybe, but looks like Kolyvan Mint was in synch with Ekaterinburg. Ekaterinburg introduced the above style somewhere in 1778-1779, and then replaced it in 1788. Kolyvan used it from 1781 to again 1788. Which I think suggests some more global or "prescribed from above" reason for the change.

Here's another example: http://www.ebay.com/itm/261013533384 Fake 5 kop 1851 BM, seller slade001 coin has been banged up to look circulated.

Seems to have something to do with a charity (royal/imperial) that raised money to give vocation training to poor children.

I don't know, but I doubt that there would be a 4th matching pair. Does anyone know why it was necessary to update the eagle design at Ekaterinburg mint every 10 years?

A bit off topic, but this is possibly a Russian shooting (or hunting) medal:

It's definitely a Superb coin, it just looks so perfect and even that Novodel jumps to my mind.

Isn't this a Novodel? P.S. I kinda like Novodels. If anyone wants to get rid of their unwanted ones - I accept donations

I recall making a gag prediction that soon people will start going to bidding wars over replicas. I didn't think that would actually happen, until now: 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=110808260414

I didn't find anything quite like that in Bitkin. It is conceivable that this is a fake meant for circulation, although I think those make more sense for the later period of Peter's coinage when the weight of the coins was reduced.

Also this curious piece got sold some time ago. Any thoughts? http://www.ebay.com/itm/370570530040

There was another piece up for an aucton: http://www.ebay.com/itm/330669086838

I wonder who won this coin? 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=320805486190

Is this for real? Did they really find an 1811 2 kopeeks with an 1810 reverse? Or is somebody playing tricks on us - again!!!

Great site! Just used it to convert 1115 on my Georgian/Persian Onluq! Many thanks for creating it!!!

A very impressive collection!