Leofcruz Posted May 31, 2015 Report Share Posted May 31, 2015 I bought a rouble in Moscow, but I am in doubt if the coin is fake or original. Please note the numbers and letters, seems too close. Somebody can help me? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kopeikin Posted May 31, 2015 Report Share Posted May 31, 2015 You forgot to post a picture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leofcruz Posted May 31, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 31, 2015 Follow the pictures, I think now is ok, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kopeikin Posted May 31, 2015 Report Share Posted May 31, 2015 Looks fake to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexbq2 Posted May 31, 2015 Report Share Posted May 31, 2015 Hard to tell with blurry pictures. There is something under Nicholas' nose that shouldn't be there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leofcruz Posted May 31, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 31, 2015 Do you have an original coin? The distance between the date and the symbol is also strange to me...what do you think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexbq2 Posted May 31, 2015 Report Share Posted May 31, 2015 Check here: http://www.m-dv.ru/monety-rossii-1700-1917/kid,21/mid,5/nid,22/types.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kopeikin Posted May 31, 2015 Report Share Posted May 31, 2015 letters in words RUBLE 1897 are fatter and larger compared to good coin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexbq2 Posted May 31, 2015 Report Share Posted May 31, 2015 letters in words RUBLE 1897 are fatter and larger compared to good coin Yeah, you are right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Candidate Posted June 1, 2015 Report Share Posted June 1, 2015 This is obvious "made in China" fake. Moscow and many other cities are now virtually flooded with all kinds of fakes (mostly roubles of XVIII-XIX centuries), it has became a very popular fraud lately (couple months maybe). Rooks buy these Chinese copies (they are sold as copies) and then offer to passersby in the streets, near railway stations, etc. presenting them as original coins (accompanying with a story, as "found in a demolished building", "grandma left this familiy treasure to me when she was dying", "need money badly and sell coins from grandfather's collection", and so on). Many "ordinary" people (not collectors) who have heard that old coins can cost hundreds and thousands of dollars believe that they can buy an old and/or rare coin in the street for $20-$50 - so they eagerly pay money to swindlers only to discover later (there are hundreds of posts by newcomers asking what do they posess now and how much it can cost at all Russian numismatic web-forums now) that they had actually bought a fake worth just $3-$4 in a nearby souvenirs store or at the newstand (yes, now they sell copies of coins even at newstands in Russia). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
COINSMAKER Posted June 14, 2015 Report Share Posted June 14, 2015 Simple case, cheap fake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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