Rhino Posted October 8, 2010 Report Share Posted October 8, 2010 I see in my Bitkin book that novodels made of the 1855-1862 5 Kopeks are mentioned, but not novodels of the 1858-1867 (which have a different eagle design). But do novodels of the 1858-1867 still exist? How do you distinguish from originals? Here's an example: How do you tell if that is original or a novodel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexbq2 Posted October 8, 2010 Report Share Posted October 8, 2010 How do you tell if that is original or a novodel? By the quality of the strike. Ekaterinburg mint's strike quality of that period was poor. The Novodels were made to compensate for this, they have well centered strikes with no weakness, some can possibly proof quality strikes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhino Posted October 8, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 8, 2010 Then I'm assuming the one in the picture is a novodel, since that's a pretty good strike? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexbq2 Posted October 9, 2010 Report Share Posted October 9, 2010 Then I'm assuming the one in the picture is a novodel, since that's a pretty good strike? "pretty good" but not good enough... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhino Posted October 9, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 9, 2010 Thanks for the info, alexbq2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loyal Citizen Posted October 9, 2010 Report Share Posted October 9, 2010 , on 08 October 2010 - 12:14 AM, said: How do you tell if that is original or a novodel? By the quality of the strike. Ekaterinburg mint's strike quality of that period was poor. The Novodels were made to compensate for this, they have well centered strikes with no weakness, some can possibly proof quality strikes. I am afraid this is just a very simplified summary. In reality, things are more complicated for novodels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexbq2 Posted October 19, 2010 Report Share Posted October 19, 2010 I am afraid this is just a very simplified summary. In reality, things are more complicated for novodels. I agree, the Novodels question is extremely complicated, and not well studied (as far as I know). Some Novodels look a lot like the originals, some look like fantasy coins, and all look fake (or not quite original enough). However, for a late novodel issue, and an 1866 novodel would be such a coin, I would not expect a huge amount of mystery - just a damn good looking coin. Here is an auction that ended today on eBay. The coin is a 3 kopeek EM 1851 graded by NGC. NGC does not rank it as a novodel. But in my opinion it is. Judge for yourselves: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180573714807 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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