Art Posted September 13, 2011 Report Share Posted September 13, 2011 YeOldeCollector's George I 'Dump' Issue Farthing of 1717 Steve D'Ippolito's 1777 10 Kopeks Siberian, Russia Siberian coppers were made out of copper by-product of a silver mine in the Altai. Since the copper contained some silver and even gold it was decided to mint coppers at a new facility in Kolyvan, but in doing so to institute a new distinctive design and make the coins to a lower weight standard (more face value per unit weight). The KM stands for Kolvyan Copper (Med'), and is not a mint mark. The very early coins in the series had edge lettering instead of the KM initials, on the larger pieces. The series ran from 1764-1781 after which the Kolyvan mint started producing regular-style coppers, of the typical Catherine II type, with the KM mintmark (and this time it was a mintmark). The Kolyvan mint was finally closed in the 1830s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottO Posted September 14, 2011 Report Share Posted September 14, 2011 another toughie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Posted September 14, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 14, 2011 Went with the "dump". I think the history of that coin is fascinating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccg Posted September 14, 2011 Report Share Posted September 14, 2011 yikes! love the tone and grade of the Siberian, but I'm not a fan of monograms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Posted September 20, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2011 Group 3A is sending this coin forward. Steve D'Ippolito's 1777 10 Kopeks Siberian, Russia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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