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...
Hello Dimmi, welcome to the forum. Although the value of Russian coins have risen quite signifiantly, I am afraid to tell you that those do...
There is a site called www.sampleslabs.com which investigates into various varieties of slabs - except that the site seems to be down at the...
I'm wondering what the underlying coin could be. :)
Probably some sort of "shredder" like machine that did it. I cannot imagine how mints could made errors like that.
Done by someone who didn't use a calculator. :)
How about this as an important read. One thing, you NEVER try to clean coins, regardless of whatever they are, unless you don't mind losing their...
Hello Roy, it's a Meiji 27 1 yen coin. The Korean 5 yang was part of a brooch if I am not mistaken. That will explain the uneven metal blotch as...
It is not too terribly difficult to find. If you happen to tour around Malaysia, that is where you can buy such coins quite cheaply. I went there...
The chinese panda is currently minted on gold, silver, platinum and palladium. This is an example of what I have: [img] Pretty and not...
I'm not too sure if it's the most wanted silver coin in Asia but most certainly one of the most common silver coins. [img] Quite a fair bit...
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