It's called attrition - some are melted, some are lost, some are worn out and some are sitting in somebody's house and they don't even know it.
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OK - first pic is one I posted, second is yours. Notice the differences.
If you mean the one posted by Zeke I'd say AU.
Grade of what ?
There's lots of web sites out there, you can try those you find here - Exonumia
No, each of those was made using a different original coin. I'll show you what I mean. No.
Scan at a minimum of 600 dpi and save as a .tif file. Then crop the area you want to view, re-size it appropriately, and then save it as a .jpg....
I agree Lehigh, that is not the result of a fingerprint. But something has at one point in time scratched some of the toning off that coin....
I agree AU details. Also agree with altered surfaces. But what bothers me even more is this - see pic. What's going on with the bottom of the...
Ya need to look close, everything is different. They were made with different dies.
Don't look like any I've ever seen.
Yes, I do.
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For the past 16 years, yes.
Nahhhh - I'd just ban you before I ever let that happen :D
They have body-bagged plenty that had natural toning and slabbed plenty that had artificial toning. They make the call on whether or not they...
The coin in the center is a fake. The next one I am reasonably certain is too. The other two I can not tell for sure but since the others are I'd...
Send a PM to gxseries, he knows the Russian coins better than anyone I know. He must have missed this post.
By the way Toad, those coins you posted links to are not the same as the one I posted. You need to look at them closer.
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