extant4cell 0 Posted October 20, 2015 Report Share Posted October 20, 2015 Someone showed this on Russian forum. What was the need for EF mark? Any ideas? Apart from grading coin as EF (extra fine) by a prototype of XVIII c. grading company (and stamping it hence there was no plastic), I can not think of anything else... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bobh 0 Posted October 20, 2015 Report Share Posted October 20, 2015 Someone showed this on Russian forum. What was the need for EF mark? Any ideas? Apart from grading coin as EF (extra fine) by a prototype of XVIII c. grading company (and stamping it hence there was no plastic), I can not think of anything else... Perhaps Baron Eduard von Falz-Fein? He wrote an introduction to the Sincona auctions: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduard_von_Falz-Fein Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BKB 0 Posted October 20, 2015 Report Share Posted October 20, 2015 Collector's mark :-) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sigistenz 0 Posted October 20, 2015 Report Share Posted October 20, 2015 I have no idea. Sigi . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
extant4cell 0 Posted October 21, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 21, 2015 Must be a trial of a stamp mark for marking metal art objects by some master with these initials. Who tried it on a soft metal of 5 kopecks to see how it works... I guess it's not all that unusual... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BKB 0 Posted October 21, 2015 Report Share Posted October 21, 2015 It could be many different things. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bobh 0 Posted October 21, 2015 Report Share Posted October 21, 2015 It could be a collector's mark, but it is too large and very crudely made. The fact that there are several counterstamps on the same (beat-up) coin makes me think it was used to try out the die before its real usage was attempted. Someone like the Baron would have certainly had a better stamp made (it was a joke, anyway! ). Maybe some ambitious young students did this? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
IgorS 0 Posted October 24, 2015 Report Share Posted October 24, 2015 E.F. seems overgraded, More like V.F., at best Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RARENUM 0 Posted October 24, 2015 Report Share Posted October 24, 2015 Agree with Bobh, just private countermark /counterstamp more like for fun or try .Letter "F" on the middle looks different from other two . Usually I buy coins with countermarks/counterstamps for collection just for fun Rarenum Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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