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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 22745717, member: 10461&quot;]As mentioned, it&#039;s <i>Siberian</i> (not Serbian).</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is my Siberian 10-kopeck piece, which cost me $240.00.</p><p><br /></p><p><b><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/russia-siberia-copper-10-kopecks-of-catherine-the-great-1781-km-suzun-mint.376574/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/russia-siberia-copper-10-kopecks-of-catherine-the-great-1781-km-suzun-mint.376574/">Russia (Siberia): copper 10-kopecks of Catherine the Great, 1781-KM, Suzun mint</a></font></font></b></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/siberia01-frame-png.1266006/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Yours is so exceptionally sharp in terms of strike and planchet quality- a little &quot;too good to be true&quot;, even- that I believe it is actually a <b>novodel</b> (sort of like a restrike).&nbsp; Now, I do not know much about novodels, or how their value compares to that of an original circulating issue like mine, but they do have value in their own right.&nbsp; So the fact that yours is likely a novodel rather than an original is not necessarily bad news.&nbsp; It is still quite collectable.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/trivia-worlds-1st-coins-made-for-collectors.78123/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/trivia-worlds-1st-coins-made-for-collectors.78123/">Here&#039;s a CoinTalk thread</a> with a little discussion about them.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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