gxseries Posted June 1, 2013 Report Share Posted June 1, 2013 What's the year for this particular coin? There is a 45 degrees rotation as shown. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsraghead Posted June 1, 2013 Report Share Posted June 1, 2013 I can't help you, but wanted to tell you that your coin looks like a great find anyway. I love it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squirrel Posted June 1, 2013 Report Share Posted June 1, 2013 I vote for a '28 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobh Posted June 2, 2013 Report Share Posted June 2, 2013 I'll say 1729, but it's a bit of a lottery with this one. The right side of the last digit in the date looks more round than the left side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
actelios Posted June 2, 2013 Report Share Posted June 2, 2013 i suggest 28 ... despite the fact that it is not really understandable, the digits have been spoiled and squashed .. the con is not bad, but believe me , you can find also better. May i ask you, only for my curiosity, wom much you paid for this kopeck ? good luck ! g Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EugeneG Posted June 2, 2013 Report Share Posted June 2, 2013 This coin sides orientation is more rare, AFAIK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
actelios Posted June 2, 2013 Report Share Posted June 2, 2013 This coin sides orientation is more rare, AFAIK. Sorry eugene, but this coin is inscribed upwards, thus is not the rarest one ... the most valuable is the opposite, mean inscribed downwards... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EugeneG Posted June 2, 2013 Report Share Posted June 2, 2013 I mean that dies are rotated by 45 degrees. Actually, I made a mistake, remembering from Uzdenikov about "45 degrees rotation". It was about 1724-1725 roubles on Spb mint. It's much more interesting coin then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsraghead Posted June 2, 2013 Report Share Posted June 2, 2013 The more I look, the more I lean toward 28 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
extant4cell Posted June 3, 2013 Report Share Posted June 3, 2013 I'd say you clean it first... For the moment all this "patina"-like dirt looks more like 1728 to me, but it is not the coins, it's its "patina" imprint that we can see, It can be anything under it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squirrel Posted June 3, 2013 Report Share Posted June 3, 2013 I'd say you clean it first... For the moment all this "patina"-like dirt looks more like 1728 to me, but it is not the coins, it's its "patina" imprint that we can see, It can be anything under it... I hope you are joking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsraghead Posted June 3, 2013 Report Share Posted June 3, 2013 I hope he doesnt clean it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
extant4cell Posted June 3, 2013 Report Share Posted June 3, 2013 It looks almost like one of ancient roman coins as they find them in vessels, "preserved" in oil. Very thick patina, and you don't know what is underneath. I can see someone made patina cuts, to see what's under, is there metal visible? If the weight of the coin is good and even a little over, I would risk cleaning it. If not, most probably there is no more coin left under the patina, and in that case cleaning is not advisable. In the first instance, you may be up for a very nice surprise. These coins not thousand years old, after all, but even underneath "patina" of the roman coins, you can sometime find something interesting, or just ruin it, it's true, it's true... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BKB Posted June 4, 2013 Report Share Posted June 4, 2013 The horse side looks like a 28 with a "flying horse" (looks like the hat has a brim). the only real flying horse in 29 is different (I think...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsraghead Posted June 4, 2013 Report Share Posted June 4, 2013 It looks like a 28 the more you compare, and to many are leaning tward that for my opinion or theirs to biased Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
extant4cell Posted June 4, 2013 Report Share Posted June 4, 2013 Coin struck with stamps used in 1728 as you can see in the example above. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gxseries Posted June 4, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 4, 2013 actelios - can't remember what I paid but I know I pay silly money for these. I can't have enough of these! extent4cell - general rule of thumb is one shouldn't clean coins unless it's absoulutely necessary, i.e. PVC damage. I'll like to preserve coins where possible and this has been treated with acetone. Here's a couple more pics of the coin http://gxseries.com/dump/IMGP2480.JPG http://gxseries.com/dump/IMGP2490.JPG Some more of the same type: Not complaining about this coin as I paid a mere dollar for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
actelios Posted June 4, 2013 Report Share Posted June 4, 2013 ok ok, ) i cannot be counted, i am living in the old russia, thus for me is easier to find well preserved coins at a reasonable price. By the way, i am married with an ukrainian woman and i have inherited a nice collection of russian coins from her father )) But i guess all will remain here since i will live here no way back Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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