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<p>[QUOTE="Original Skin Coins, post: 2494097, member: 80261"]I've long been fascinated by the early 19th century platinum 3 roubles coins from Russia, the only platinum coins produced for general circulation. I'm thinking of putting in an offer on <a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/EXTRAORDINARY-COIN-1834-Russian-Empire-Platinum-3-Roubles-Nicholas-I-NGC-VF-25-/222220445144?hash=item33bd5ee5d8:g:ukgAAOSwIgNXm8JH" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/EXTRAORDINARY-COIN-1834-Russian-Empire-Platinum-3-Roubles-Nicholas-I-NGC-VF-25-/222220445144?hash=item33bd5ee5d8:g:ukgAAOSwIgNXm8JH" rel="nofollow">this coin</a>, as it seems to be at a better price than past sales of equivalent-quality coins on eBay and at HA. </p><p><br /></p><p>My only qualm is the strike, as the reverse is weakly struck and is missing a lot of detail. My question is, how often do these coins come around? Am I better served waiting for a fully struck VF, or is it worth pulling the trigger on this one?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Original Skin Coins, post: 2494097, member: 80261"]I've long been fascinated by the early 19th century platinum 3 roubles coins from Russia, the only platinum coins produced for general circulation. I'm thinking of putting in an offer on [URL='http://www.ebay.com/itm/EXTRAORDINARY-COIN-1834-Russian-Empire-Platinum-3-Roubles-Nicholas-I-NGC-VF-25-/222220445144?hash=item33bd5ee5d8:g:ukgAAOSwIgNXm8JH']this coin[/URL], as it seems to be at a better price than past sales of equivalent-quality coins on eBay and at HA. My only qualm is the strike, as the reverse is weakly struck and is missing a lot of detail. My question is, how often do these coins come around? Am I better served waiting for a fully struck VF, or is it worth pulling the trigger on this one?[/QUOTE]
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