Fake?

Hello, I am sure about the answer but just wanted to see what everyone here thinks.

 

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Reverse

 

I'm certainly not an expert or even knowledgeable on these, but sure looks fake to me ....11 foot pole marks all over it.

 

I do not claim to be an expert on these but the mushy details would cause me to think twice before purchasing.

 

I'm thinking fake

 

Problematic style and surfaces imo.

 

The field 'texture' was the first alarm bell for me.

 

Fake

 

I don't know this coin well, but yes would be my answer.

 

I think the OP coin is fake, without a doubt - wrong style, bad style. If Empress Anna Ivanovna saw something like that coin, the maker would certainly have a one-way ticket to Siberia.

Here's an authentic Anna ruble for reference:

Russia, Anna Ivanovna, ruble, 1733, Kadashevsky Mint, Moscow.
KM# 192.2
25.7 grams

 

Yes, it is fake. Found copies of it for sale as a reproduction and a very poor one at that. The style is cartoonist along with other problems. I didn't really doubt it but I always like to get another opinion, even when I am certain. There are certainly far more convincing fakes of this coin type, but this is not one of them. Thanks.