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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;bernard55, post: 18467224, member: 114733&quot;]I came upon... what appears to be an <font size="4">Ekaterina I Plate money Kopeck today, and I am trying to research it for authenticity purposes.&nbsp; There are several copies out there, such as <a href="https://pirkis.lt/home/menas-kolekcijos-antikvariatas/3520-numizmatika-monetos/26907123-1726-russia-kopek-km-pm13-1-padirbtas.html/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://pirkis.lt/home/menas-kolekcijos-antikvariatas/3520-numizmatika-monetos/26907123-1726-russia-kopek-km-pm13-1-padirbtas.html/" rel="nofollow">this </a>and <a href="https://galeriasavaria.hu/en/termekek/reszletek/numizmatika-penz-erme/4785398/Russia-1726.-1-Kopek-br-czegely-collector-s-copy-(scwc-km-pm13.1)-Rare/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://galeriasavaria.hu/en/termekek/reszletek/numizmatika-penz-erme/4785398/Russia-1726.-1-Kopek-br-czegely-collector-s-copy-(scwc-km-pm13.1)-Rare/" rel="nofollow">this</a>, but they have a great deal more definition than this specimen.</font></p><p><br /></p><p>This specimen is 15g and ~25mm</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.ngccoin.com/price-guide/world/russia-kopek-km-pm13.1-1726-cuid-1093415-duid-1537608" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ngccoin.com/price-guide/world/russia-kopek-km-pm13.1-1726-cuid-1093415-duid-1537608" rel="nofollow">NGC</a> has the eagle at 16mm; <a href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces102926.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces102926.html" rel="nofollow">Numista </a>does not have a weight or size.&nbsp; There is only 1 in <a href="https://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=6138868&amp;AucID=7050&amp;Lot=146&amp;Val=699e98b297f394dfb47ebfdd7a22d3b9" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=6138868&amp;AucID=7050&amp;Lot=146&amp;Val=699e98b297f394dfb47ebfdd7a22d3b9" rel="nofollow">coinarchives</a> at 19.47g</p><p><br /></p><p>Coinarchives description contains: (Bit 360 [R-4]; <a href="https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/charles_davis/44/product/brekke_copper_coinage_of_imperial_russia_17001917/513535/Default.aspx" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/charles_davis/44/product/brekke_copper_coinage_of_imperial_russia_17001917/513535/Default.aspx" rel="nofollow">Brekke </a>34), but I do not have these references.</p><p><br /></p><p>as background <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=10400929" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=10400929" rel="nofollow">Spink sold one</a> (<a href="https://www.spink.com/lot/382000146" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.spink.com/lot/382000146" rel="nofollow">at spink</a>) and <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=646164" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=646164" rel="nofollow">Stacks sold one</a> (correction [USER=10613]@Victor_Clark[/USER] pointed out that both of these were withdrawn from sale)</p><p><br /></p><p>if any Russian numismatists are on the forum and could give me a pointer in the right direction for how to go about the research on the item, please jump in on the thread and provide advice/opinion etc..</p><p><br /></p><p>I copied a pic from the Standard Catalog of World Coins for the item, but it does not have the weight or size (it does have size of eagle and that matches).</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1537588[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1537587[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1537586[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1537585[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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