FREE: Medieval Russian Coin

I'm sorry but your coin is not 1716 and if you say the truth in 1776 make the changes, please :):)))))) and need to be careful !!!:)

Perhaps it was cleaned before being retailed as a souvenir piece; this is wild conjecture but a possibility. You seem to have done your homework, if it is accurate than thanks for the input.

I dunno, haven't thought about it. So:
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Hello, I doubt I'll win, but I thought I'd let you know that the coin says "5 kopecks," which today is like 5 pennies but much, much less! Nice piece!

yeah .. any scope for free shipping?

Would you consider free shipping? If so at how many credits?

the coins had a different obverse in 1917 and that is not cyrillic dated coin.`
it is possible it was cleaned , but i am not qualified to make that decision. however i do not think it would affect the value as it is not extremely valuable.

You could be right, say it's 1776. As stated, I just don't like the dissimilarity between the 2nd and 3rd digit enough to confirm.

I'm sorry but your coin is not 1716 and if you say the truth in 1776 make the changes, please :):)))))) and need to be careful !!!:)

Its Russian. Cool coin.

Sorry didn't work , this coin was made 1764-1796 just google
Imperial Russia. Catherina II (1764-1796) Copper 5 Kopecks 1776

skaskankerbr is correct, I hope this url works , Lista puts spaces in url's
www.coins2.com/imgsearch/1796/6/3ec1b3c53499c82d16a6da904ba40d96/Imperial-Russia-Catherina-II-1764-1796-Copper-5-Kopecks-1776-AVF.html

Coin information time
country Russia
Date 1776
Denomination 5 kopeks
Ruler Catherine II
mint mark EM ( Ekaterinburg)
composition copper
assigned "c" # 59.3
mintage 21,454,000
value 4.50-25.00 that is from grades VG-XF
key dates in this series : none
Errors : too many to count does not increase or decrease value

I think that just about covers it.

My problems with all old copper coins.
For several reasons.
1 lack of a significant green patina was my first problem
2 the overall shape of the coin.
3 overall condition of the coin.
what i came across
1 lack of patina isn't really a huge deal it is just odd. in this case atleast. If the coin didn't have something crusty on it i'd call bull.
2 these coins had several different varieties to them and they really didn't care as much about the quality of coins in other countries. For instance Spanish coins are made far better and for that reason lasted much longer and were not minted in as large numbers as these were. This explains several little details i noticed that were off such as the cross in the talon of the eagle. It should not have tips to the side of the cross in this series, but this may vary coin to coin lol.
3 the condition and rarity i assumed it would have was way off.
mintage for this year was 21.4million. that is a lot of freaking coins for 1776. Most likely due to russia's inability to circulate coins effectively. As the vast tundras and completely lifeless expanses of Russia make circulation difficult. Chances of finding a good piece like this rise.
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In conclusion i found no evidence that this coin was ever counterfeited as it has a fairly limited market and little compared value for coins of this time period, such as Spanish 8 relaes coins and some of russias gold coins. According the the 2003 standard catalog of world coins the value would be somewhere between 4$-25$ depending on grade. Which i am not qualified to judge in the case of this coin.

Look again 1776

very nice coin,i collect old coins like that

Thanks dbmax! I won't bet my life on it, but the coin is, as far as anyone can tell, including me who purchased it in Russia, definitely Russian. There is Cyrillic text, it is apparently a 5 kopeck piece, and the date is 1716.

Anyway this is an awsome auction.

I cant see as good as i use to but looks latin?

Before the peso was the piece of 8.

It looks like a .. aaahh Its spanish. The crown at the top. I could be wrong.

I would say it's actually not fancy enough for a commemorative coin and was probably regular circulation. Everything in Russia was gilded to the extreme at that time, so I'd expect more decoration for something commemorative. The two-headed eagle is a symbol of Russia, which I think was on all the coins at the time. Still, 1716 is kinda close to the founding of Petersburg as the new Russian capitol, 1712, which is pretty neat! Still, I'm a Russian student, not an expert!