kopeikin Posted March 22, 2011 Report Share Posted March 22, 2011 Hi! How did you like this coin? Interesting - is there someone from our North American brotherhood bought it? http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?icep_ff3=2&pub=5574633083&toolid=10001&campid=5335826004&customid=&ipn=psmain&icep_vectorid=229466&kwid=902099&mtid=824&kw=lg&icep_item=110661377718 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
one-kuna Posted March 22, 2011 Report Share Posted March 22, 2011 some pay high prices even more than at public auctions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OgnumI Posted March 23, 2011 Report Share Posted March 23, 2011 some pay high prices even more than at public auctions It was one with lettered edge... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
one-kuna Posted March 23, 2011 Report Share Posted March 23, 2011 It was one with lettered edge... Ekaretinburg or Moscow? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OgnumI Posted March 23, 2011 Report Share Posted March 23, 2011 Ekaretinburg or Moscow? I don't know. The seller could not read it, but I don't believe (or rather don't want to believe) that it was Moscow... But if it was one, ohh... Probably the bayer will tell us, what it was... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
one-kuna Posted March 24, 2011 Report Share Posted March 24, 2011 I don't know. The seller could not read it, but I don't believe (or rather don't want to believe) that it was Moscow... But if it was one, ohh... Probably the bayer will tell us, what it was... OK, and BTW, welcome to coinpeople Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexbq2 Posted March 24, 2011 Report Share Posted March 24, 2011 I don't know. The seller could not read it, but I don't believe (or rather don't want to believe) that it was Moscow... But if it was one, ohh... Probably the bayer will tell us, what it was... Thanks for the update, I was wandering why this auction was so exciting! Please let us know how it pans out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BKB Posted March 25, 2011 Report Share Posted March 25, 2011 Why did everyone automatically assumed that the edge is completely lettered? I did not see the photo of the edge, let alone, photos depicting all of it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OgnumI Posted March 25, 2011 Report Share Posted March 25, 2011 Thx, one-kuna! And Alex, I am neither the seller of this coin nor the bayer. I have no idea how it pans out. But I also would like to know... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squirrel Posted March 25, 2011 Report Share Posted March 25, 2011 This one seems to be variant 4 in Bitkin, with 3 possible edges: Bitkin 24, edge 0, (smooth) R3 Bitkin 25, edge 4, Ekaterinberg, R1 Bitkin 26, edge 4*, Moscow, R3 No other variants of the 1762 4 kopeck are listed as R or better. This might explain the high price. so by probablility, the topic coin most likely is Bitkin 25, but there is always a chance it is 26. Only the buyer will know for sure. too bad the coin is cleaned. but i wouldnt kick it out of my trays! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BKB Posted March 25, 2011 Report Share Posted March 25, 2011 First of all, it is not a plain edge. You can see remnants of the letters. Additional options: A. Variant #4 also comes with edge #5. Bitkin 27. B. Could be that it USED TO BE a lettered edge and was re-edged with #5. Also, I have variant #2 with partially lettered edge. I would never go by Bitkin to GUESS the edge. A photo of the edge is a must... C. This is not necessarily variant #4. It can be called #5 just as well. I also have one that is kind of in between. It looks more like the ebay coin than #4 or #5 in bitkin. It has edge #5. Even a small trace of the net edge will prevent from identifying this coin as Bitkin #25 or 26. I hope the winning bidder asked for photos of the edge before bidding over 800 euro. IMXO -- even if the edge is lettered, but you cannot read it, the coin is not worth as much as it went for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BKB Posted March 25, 2011 Report Share Posted March 25, 2011 sorry, pressed wrong key. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squirrel Posted March 25, 2011 Report Share Posted March 25, 2011 First of all, it is not a plain edge. You can see remnants of the letters. Additional options: A. Variant #4 also comes with edge #5. Bitkin 27. B. Could be that it USED TO BE a lettered edge and was re-edged with #5. Also, I have variant #2 with partially lettered edge. I would never go by Bitkin to GUESS the edge. A photo of the edge is a must... C. This is not necessarily variant #4. It can be called #5 just as well. I also have one that is kind of in between. It looks more like the ebay coin than #4 or #5 in bitkin. It has edge #5. Even a small trace of the net edge will prevent from identifying this coin as Bitkin #25 or 26. I hope the winning bidder asked for photos of the edge before bidding over 800 euro. IMXO -- even if the edge is lettered, but you cannot read it, the coin is not worth as much as it went for. agreed on all counts. My assumption is that there is a lettered edge, based on the comment that the seller could not read the edge. again assuming there were letters to be read, but the seller was not versed in cyrillic, and not that they were illegible, re-edged, or non existent. lots of assumptions! but without a photo of the edge, thats all we can talk about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexbq2 Posted March 25, 2011 Report Share Posted March 25, 2011 I'm confused, where did the information that the coin has a lettered edge come from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squirrel Posted March 25, 2011 Report Share Posted March 25, 2011 It was one with lettered edge... this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squirrel Posted March 25, 2011 Report Share Posted March 25, 2011 The seller could not read it, and this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexbq2 Posted March 25, 2011 Report Share Posted March 25, 2011 and this one. This part I recall. Where did the original information come from? Did somebody just guess that it was a lettered edge and ask the seller? Did multiple people make that guess (multiple bidders drove the price up)? Was it announced somewhere? I'd like to hear the whole story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BKB Posted March 26, 2011 Report Share Posted March 26, 2011 you can clearly see the remnants of the letters (little hills and bumps in between)on the edge on the photos provided in ebay listing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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