bobh Posted December 27, 2006 Report Share Posted December 27, 2006 This auction catalogue hasn't yet been made available online. However, I received the printed catalogue just before Christmas. This particular lot offers a 1913 commemorative Romanov rouble struck in bronze, but silver-plated! The estimate is CHF 80 -- which I would say is probably about 20 times its real value, unless there is something I don't know about. None of the sources available to me list this as a genuine trial or pattern coin. Indeed, if it were, why give it a coating of silver? Does anyone else have an idea why this could be anything other than a deceptive counterfeit? (The silver plating has worn off a bit in the meantime...). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
banivechi Posted December 27, 2006 Report Share Posted December 27, 2006 Maybe it is a medal wrong described as a coin. I saw some medals 300 years Romanov dinasty in bronze, but if i remember correctly they were smaller in diameter. And none silver platted anyway... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gxseries Posted December 27, 2006 Report Share Posted December 27, 2006 I am intrigued. Medals are different from the coinage design so it can't be possible. Off metal? Not something I really know of... does the catalogue have a picture of that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IgorS Posted December 28, 2006 Report Share Posted December 28, 2006 This auction catalogue hasn't yet been made available online. However, I received the printed catalogue just before Christmas. This particular lot offers a 1913 commemorative Romanov rouble struck in bronze, but silver-plated! The estimate is CHF 80 -- which I would say is probably about 20 times its real value, unless there is something I don't know about. None of the sources available to me list this as a genuine trial or pattern coin. Indeed, if it were, why give it a coating of silver? Does anyone else have an idea why this could be anything other than a deceptive counterfeit? (The silver plating has worn off a bit in the meantime...). Here is something I bought on Ebay long time ago for $5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobh Posted December 28, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2006 I am intrigued. Medals are different from the coinage design so it can't be possible. Off metal? Not something I really know of... does the catalogue have a picture of that? The word "РУБЛЬ" is there at the top on the reverse side, so it wasn't struck as a medal. The catalogue gives the weight at 20.07g, so it is probably about the same size of the original coin (maybe thicker or thinner, I don't know what the relative density of bronze to silver would be). I would say that it is probably either a contemporary counterfeit or else a cheap modern souvenir coin. I am surprised that the catalogue does not qualify it like this (somehow) except to say that it is silver-plated bronze. Are we supposed to think that this was an official issue?? Surely it is not, IMHO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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