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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gxseries, post: 2705272, member: 4373&quot;]I returned the first coin. Took a lot of effort to convince this cannot be genuine. Guess what? The seller still continues to offer it.</p><p><br /></p><p>There was another coin that had me interested. This looked like it had to potential to be struck on the 1992 100 ruble planchet. I decided to see it in hand</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://gxseries.com/ct/compare4.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://gxseries.com/ct/compare5.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://gxseries.com/ct/compare6.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Weight wise for all the coins used</p><p><br /></p><p>1991 10 ruble (normal) : 6.02g</p><p><br /></p><p>1991 10 ruble (plated silver?): 5.91g</p><p><br /></p><p>1992 50 ruble: 5.91g</p><p><br /></p><p>1991 10 ruble (switched alloy?): 6.08g</p><p><br /></p><p>You can see that the weight test is not reliable as the weight of these coins have a huge variance.</p><p><br /></p><p>The surface just does not look right. At best, it looks like it is heavily cleaned. But the color and toning does not look right! Gold just looks too bright for brass and nickel copper just does not tone in such a funny color. Lastly the dot is something that just cannot happen unless it&#039;s plated.</p><p><br /></p><p>Honestly I&#039;m that tempted to put a scratch through the coin to demonstrate that it has been altered but I&#039;m not too keen on throwing my money out. I&#039;ve lost on shipping but this helps me keep in touch of the modern counterfeit / altered coins sellers would try to push through.</p><p><br /></p><p>Your opinion?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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