And the seller says it is a copy
When you find one of these, make sure to post it :)
If you want to buy some random ancients at a good price with a high degree of authenticity, check @John Anthony in his auctions here on CT.
The reverse says 1 kopeck, so either Russian or some Slavic type.
Good luck
Most likely it would be better to put this in the ancients forum...right @GDJMSP
Welcome to the "Dark Side" of coin collecting. You will find that many of the more knowledgeable collectors (of which I am not one) will turn...
Cropping and rotating helps a lot. [ATTACH]
I think I would have used inevitable instead of acceptable, and I don't think MD ever grows up to be DDR. I stand to be corrected since I seldom...
If you are talking about the lack of detail on the cowboy, that's the way it was planned.
That is the question always in the back of my mind as I read these kind of posts. Should I buy a new house or a cup of coffee?
Take a toothbrush and use a wire cutter or some such to clip the bristles until they are half length. This gives a stiffer brush that has no...
I bought a lot of Japanese 100 yen coins out of a junk box for 5 for a dollar, thinking "Wow, these are like $1 coins" only to realize...only in...
My sister told me that her husband had bundles of confederate currency and I was eager to take a look at it the last time I visited...stacks of...
Hardly a member here cannot share that feeling at one time or another.
Appears to be a kind of knock-off (replica) of a "Widow's Mite" coin.
Any reference of Russia replacing the platinum coins with aluminum ones?
Whoever knew chemistry could be so complicated... :)
If the weight is the same and the dimensions are the same (same volume), the density would be the same because: density = weight/volume.
Not meaning to interrupt or hijack this thread, but what would be the value of such an example...inquiring minds want to know...
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