gxseries Posted November 10, 2005 Report Share Posted November 10, 2005 Here is an image of a coin that I have recently won so I don't have it on my hands right now. But the supposely text is intriduging me, not because it's worn but it's somewhat interesting! So here is the image: Question: What does the last two characters of the right side image seem to be? Happy voting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grivna1726 Posted November 11, 2005 Report Share Posted November 11, 2005 I voted "EM". These are known with EM & KM mintmarks. ИК is mintmaster at EM (Ekaterinburg) for this year. The coin appears unevenly struck or possibly even overstruck (although I can't imagine what the undertype might be nor am I aware of any overstriking activity in the Russian mints in 1826). This coin is interesting. The indistinct mintmark doesn't look like the effect of wear. The coin looks out of round as well. A higher resolution image might shed more light on the coin. It's one best viewed under a good lens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gxseries Posted November 12, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 12, 2005 Most definately, or else I wouldn't be asking such odd questions. This is the coin that I had in mind: (picture from Alexander Basok - sorry, just borrowing it for a while!) Interesting I guess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
banivechi Posted November 13, 2005 Report Share Posted November 13, 2005 I voted EM, but just because it's a 'must be'! Looks very EH... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brett Posted November 15, 2005 Report Share Posted November 15, 2005 I still say L.H. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SugarCheryl Posted November 18, 2005 Report Share Posted November 18, 2005 Looked lik EH to me....but then again Im just about as blind as a bat....but thats what I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gxseries Posted February 13, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 13, 2006 I received the coin someday ago and completely forgot to update the details. The mass of this coin is at 11.5grams, which makes this coin 2 grams underweight over the usual standard of 13.65grams. Nevertheless, here is a closeup of the mintmark and mintmaster. It seems that it is EH-NK, instead of the EM-IK. I cannot say for sure if this is either a horrible mess up in the Ekaterinburg Mint or possibly a counterfeited 2 kopek. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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