extant4cell Posted September 3, 2019 Report Share Posted September 3, 2019 Just stabled on this on Russian eBay equivalent selling at the moment at a starting price of 52 000 rub. Oh my, the rouble is seriously devaluated nowadays... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAJ Posted September 4, 2019 Report Share Posted September 4, 2019 Never seen anything like this. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sigistenz Posted September 4, 2019 Report Share Posted September 4, 2019 I do not like the appearance of the "hoard" - the pieces look unnatural. Sigi . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squirrel Posted September 4, 2019 Report Share Posted September 4, 2019 ohh.. come on Sigi! You wouldnt mind sifting through for rarities, on the one in a million chance! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
extant4cell Posted September 5, 2019 Author Report Share Posted September 5, 2019 That's how they look after staying in a clay jar for over 200 years in the ground (or rather river or lake banks' sand) and being cleaned with water. I've seen a few finds like that and many look like this. After proper cleaning some look really AMAZING! Will require a few years in the fresh cabinet after that though... but, I wouldn't by it... only a couple of coins are from Elisaveta's times... and it looks like the pile has already been picked through for rarities... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sigistenz Posted September 5, 2019 Report Share Posted September 5, 2019 To me the coins all look processed in some way. But if you have seen hoards before, I'll take it for granted that hoards may look that way. Of course there are no rarities or even overdates to expect in the offer. The lot has certainly been sifted who knows how often. But as Josh says there is always the faint hope of the undiscovered treasure. Some years ago at a Künker auction I previewed the individual coins and also the multiple lots comprising several pyataki each. I rubbed my eyes in disbelief when I discovered an AU Paulian reoverstrike 5kop1791EM included in one of those multicoin lots. Künker's experts had mistaken it for a normal 1791EM!!! The one in a million chance! But unfortunately I was not the only one to spot the rare coin. That lot did NOT pass under the radar. I was outbid by far. Sigi . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
extant4cell Posted September 7, 2019 Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2019 Sigi, your persistence and a real eagle eye for rarities often pays off 😻 with rare finds. You are an awesome 5 kopecks detective! Even if the rarities were siphoned out from this hoard left over, it is still an impressive mountain of coins. I'd love to see the actual find!!! I wonder if they could build a pyramid out of it... 😅 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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