SOMMER Posted May 10, 2013 Report Share Posted May 10, 2013 hello everybody , i hope all is fine I recently bought this coin a 1 rouble 177 the size is correct , the coin is nice but the weight is not normal to my mind. the uzdenikov give 24 g as weight of this coin.but the effective weight of mine is 24,8 g do you think it s a fake?? thanks and regards jean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kopeikin Posted May 11, 2013 Report Share Posted May 11, 2013 I think it is not fake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOMMER Posted May 11, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 11, 2013 helllo, for me it look likes nice ( XF- maybe or XF) , but it seems that the weight doesn t exceed 2 % of the legal alloy. That s why I have a little doubt. PS this a 1773 rouble regards from France jean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobh Posted May 11, 2013 Report Share Posted May 11, 2013 hello everybody , i hope all is fine I recently bought this coin a 1 rouble 177 the size is correct , the coin is nice but the weight is not normal to my mind. the uzdenikov give 24 g as weight of this coin.but the effective weight of mine is 24,8 g do you think it s a fake?? thanks and regards jean Hello Jean, Uzdenikov (I have the 2nd edition) gives a nice explanation about weight control on page 547-549 ... it might be on a different page in other editions. He states that silver coins of the XVIII century could vary from the prescribed 24g by 0.4g. Yours seems a bit heavy, but Uzdenikov also states that even silver and gold coins were weighed in batches. Some individual coins were weighed at random, but apparently not EVERY coin. So if your coin were weighed together with two other roubles, one of exactly 24g and the other 24.4g, the average of all three would be 24.4g and this would be fine. If one of the other roubles were slightly lighter, e.g. 23.6g, the average would then be exactly 24g. If this is the only deviation from the normal genuine coin, then you probably have nothing to worry about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOMMER Posted May 11, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 11, 2013 thank you for all , I only had a little doubt, because I bought this coin in a shop ,a little bit expensive but in a good grade to my mind (easily collectible) regards and see you soon jean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
extant4cell Posted May 15, 2013 Report Share Posted May 15, 2013 Good coin. My congrats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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