BKB Posted November 20, 2006 Report Share Posted November 20, 2006 What are your thoughts? To me it looks weird... Cannot say why. Although, this type comes in so many varieties that it is hard to say if it resembles any of them. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...p;rd=1&rd=1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottishmoney Posted November 20, 2006 Report Share Posted November 20, 2006 The red flags(sorry no pun intended) Private Auction Seller admitting in questions that it is probably falsely toned. Something about the design does not flow like it should. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kisenish Posted November 20, 2006 Report Share Posted November 20, 2006 What is for sure: This piece is arteficially toned. The best scenario: Genuine coin, however, heavily / harshly cleaned, then patinated. The most probable scenario: I personally believe that this is a casting fake, see especially the neck of Peter I. Stay away from it! The seller is known to sell very often bad fakes, however, writing the word "copy" in the description. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gxseries Posted November 20, 2006 Report Share Posted November 20, 2006 I'm not too comfortable with it either. It seems that with the Peter I seaman type ruble, 1724 is a heavily targeted year for counterfeits, probably because it's a lot easier to counterfeit as well as being "common". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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