BKB Posted October 29, 2008 Report Share Posted October 29, 2008 I promissed Lenny to post it. Here it is. Impossible to "ping" on a finger due to its size, or, rather, absence thereof. :-) Makes normal sound when dropped on a wood surface. Why would someone do it? -- beats me. I have it for over 10 years. And, it had a score of twins, to which I did not pay attention at the time... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RW Julian Posted October 29, 2008 Report Share Posted October 29, 2008 I promissed Lenny to post it. Here it is. Impossible to "ping" on a finger due to its size, or, rather, absence thereof. :-) Makes normal sound when dropped on a wood surface. Why would someone do it? -- beats me. I have it for over 10 years. And, it had a score of twins, to which I did not pay attention at the time... B.F. Kopylov advertised “galvanoplastic” copies of rare coins in Staraya Moneta for 1912. They were priced at 10 roubles each but only well-known rare coins, such as the Yefimoks of 1798, are listed. Perhaps he also did other coins for practice . . . ? RWJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lennysky Posted October 29, 2008 Report Share Posted October 29, 2008 BKB, thank you for posting these. The history is as follows, about 15 years ago on one of my forreys to antique store, i struck a conversation with the owner, he pulled out a bunch of old russian coins. One fake Peter I 1 Kopek (definitely fake) and 3 1767 Polushka's . He offered them to me cheap (maybe $1/each). Since polushkas were neither rare nor appeared to be in superior condition, I thought nothing until BKB, who received one from me in a minor trade, brought it-up to my attention and pointed out the edge "split". I haven't the slightest idea of why anyone would reproduce such as fairly common coin and then in such a poor condition. Practice maybe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WCO Posted October 29, 2008 Report Share Posted October 29, 2008 If the coin is almost worthless than may be it is possible to split it into parts at the edge and show everyone here how it is made? Or make a deep cut so it would be possible to see what’s inside. For educational purposes. WCO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lennysky Posted October 29, 2008 Report Share Posted October 29, 2008 I would not do it to mine, until I have a replacement. WCO, if you have one, I will buy it and then we can dissect it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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