Russia 1840 1 kopek SPM. I wouldn't go over 5USD on that coin, although the market has been going at insane prices these days, so it's a bit...
Speaking of palladium, the only country that has minted so many palladium coins is Russia, yet you don't see too many of them around. Why? Because...
Hahahahaha well done trade :D
A 1922 poltina fortunately is easy to find and actually still relatively cheap. The 1922 ruble is the one that is a real pain to get hold of and...
I don't think we are talking about micro grams here. We instead are talking about macrograms. Levels of plating has become so refined that it's...
You've definately got a genuine 5 ruble there Jim M. I'm too sure of it. To add to the novelty of it, there are three different varities of...
Yup, they are common. Dvortsovo-parkovpgo ansamblya in Peterdvorts. Face value 5 rubles, but of course you can't use them. And they don't have...
1. Taiwan 5 Jiao Year 44. 2. I am not too sure of 3. Israel 4. Thailand 1 baht 5. Japan 1 yen Year 40, 1965 6. Japan 10 yen Year 50, 1975.
For 25 cents, I believe whomever sold it made a terrible "oops". But hey, that's what fleamarket is, isn't it, when people can't quite tell what...
I believe it's copper spotting. It can happen when gold alloy is not well mixed, or particular copper dropplets on the coin. There can be a...
GDJMSP, i'm confused over what the weight of the coin is supposed to be. Such 5 rubles minted in the era of Nicholai II from 1897-1911 is minted...
Ian, indeed I can understand every single painful point as you have said. It is true that no coins is any longer safe from being counterfeited and...
Mikjo0: thankfully that was what I thought. No, there are indeed counterfeit Russian gold rubles and in people should watch out. But the most...
I am not too sure if that is indeed some die issue or some metal flow issue. But if I remember right, most Russian gold coins were minted in near...
GDJMSP - is that coin in a slab, taken at an angle? That is the only way I can interpret from that picture. Indeed, the highlighted area at...
It is not really fair to just trash such arts right away. But indeed it is true that since they are legal tender and current circulating coins,...
I seriously doubt if it's a fake. Probably edges might seem to look "flaked off" which might contribute to the non-genuity, but I believe it's a...
WOW that's amazing!!!
It's difficult to say if it's worth too much. But Russian coins have been shooting at insane rate nowadays that I cannot keep track of how much...
Definately not Russian. If it's Imperial Russian coins that were minted before 1917, most of them would have the double-head eagle. Try to check...
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