Thee_Immortal_One Posted March 1, 2008 Report Share Posted March 1, 2008 Bought it. Studying it. Asking opinions on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thee_Immortal_One Posted March 1, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 1, 2008 The other side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squirrel Posted March 2, 2008 Report Share Posted March 2, 2008 uhmmm... can you be more specific? what is the question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grivna1726 Posted March 2, 2008 Report Share Posted March 2, 2008 Bought it. Studying it. Asking opinions on it. If you're asking about authenticity, I don't see anything that screams "fake!" at me, so I think that it is probably genuine. Is there something about it that doesn't look right to you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thee_Immortal_One Posted March 2, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 2, 2008 If you're asking about authenticity, I don't see anything that screams "fake!" at me, so I think that it is probably genuine. Is there something about it that doesn't look right to you? The center dot on the reverse is uncommon. I did see one like it for sale by Basok. I hope to build a decent polushka set for 1718 to 1722. The 1718 and 1722 are the ones I can't seem to find. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squirrel Posted March 2, 2008 Report Share Posted March 2, 2008 Looks ok to me, other than the green stuff. Are you going after all varieties of dates, arabic, cryillic, and combined (!) as well? There are a lot of error variteties in the dates as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thee_Immortal_One Posted March 2, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 2, 2008 Looks ok to me, other than the green stuff. Are you going after all varieties of dates, arabic, cryillic, and combined (!) as well? There are a lot of error variteties in the dates as well. I am going for variety. I have 9 coins, about 7 are different varieties. I don't have any 1718 or 1722 types. I figures these may still be collectable and untouched by the Russian Coins Arms Race (RCAR). You know, I should submit RCAR as an official acronym to the Russian Numismatic Society, for this episode of coin prices. If there are any RNS editors out there, I asked to be creditted with RCAR (Russian Coins Arms Race) acronym as Official Designation for this episode of price escalation. Upon getting official acceptance, I may have a limited edition commerative jeton made. If you know of a business that will strike jetons and/or coins (brass, copper, silver, gold, platinum, palladium), let me know. Thank You. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squirrel Posted March 3, 2008 Report Share Posted March 3, 2008 This one is the regular arabic date variety Kadeshevsky Mint. Bitkin shows 16 die pairs. I think this is 3682. There is a neat error out there with the 9 reversed. Im not sure if your theory about these polushkas being immune from todays prices. Rare ones will still go for big prices, but i agree, they dont look as good above the fireplace as a mint state commem ruble in a shiny slab. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STEVE MOULDING Posted March 6, 2008 Report Share Posted March 6, 2008 The center dot on the reverse is uncommon. I did see one like it for sale by Basok. I hope to build a decent polushka set for 1718 to 1722. The 1718 and 1722 are the ones I can't seem to find. The central dot is actually not uncommon on 1719 Polushkas. I see it on around 40% of the examples for which I have images. What about relative rarity within 1718-1722 Polushkas? Based on images I have so far (and I've only recently begun examining Peter I copper) I find 1718 12 COINS 1719 72 COINS 1720 68 COINS 1721 42 COINS 1722 29 COINS So, yes, 1718 and 1722 should be the hardest, as you are finding (or perhaps I should say not finding). Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexbq2 Posted March 7, 2008 Report Share Posted March 7, 2008 Here's a 1722 but not that nice: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...em=120228420693 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STEVE MOULDING Posted March 7, 2008 Report Share Posted March 7, 2008 Here's a 1722 but not that nice: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...em=120228420693 Good find! Actually it's not too bad. Most of the time, Polushkas of this series are found in really bad condition and were often poorly struck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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