ruysim Posted June 6, 2007 Report Share Posted June 6, 2007 Does anyone know the Mintage of a 1899 50 kopecks. I found the coin yesterday in a coinstar reject bin and I am wondering is it worth anything? It is in F-VF condition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gxseries Posted June 6, 2007 Report Share Posted June 6, 2007 What on earth - coinstar reject bin?! Is someone THAT absurd? Well at least it's worth it's silver value which is a good 6 dollars or so. Great find! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobh Posted June 6, 2007 Report Share Posted June 6, 2007 Does anyone know the Mintage of a 1899 50 kopecks. I found the coin yesterday in a coinstar reject bin and I am wondering is it worth anything? It is in F-VF condition.Look at the edge and try to find either the mintmaster initials or a single star. According to V.V. Kazakov, if the mintmaster initials are "(Э.Б)", it is rare and quite valuable. He quotes prices of $300 in F, $600 in VF and $1,000 in XF. Other sources do not indicate this coin as being scarce at all, however. Since Kazakov is the ONLY source I know of which lists this variety as scarce, you might be able to find it for much less money than that. There are also varieties with 180° reverse die orientation or plain edge which are very rare. The other three main "normal" varieties are: - Paris mint (one star on rim); - (А.Г) mintmaster; - (Ф.З) mintmaster. All of those are about equally common. Also, there are varieties where the dot between the mintmaster initials is missing; some collectors will pay a premium for those. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottishmoney Posted June 6, 2007 Report Share Posted June 6, 2007 Dang - I would like to find that in my coinstar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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