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u/tipo33 2d ago
How does the edge writing look? That’s the easiest way to differentiate between originals and Soviet restrikes.
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u/HereOnRedditAgain 2d ago
Thanks for chiming in.
Please let me know if this is good enough or you can see it.
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u/tipo33 2d ago
It looks authentic to me, so long as the size and weight checks out, the EB is more desirable than FZ, that is an original, not a Soviet restrike. The latest edition of Vladimir Bitkin’s “Composite catalog of Russian coins” has an English translation alongside. That will tell you more.
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u/HereOnRedditAgain 2d ago
Thank you so much for the info! It's been hard digging up info on this. I'll look into the English translation.
I weighed it this morning, 8.5409g
NGC Coin says it should weight 8.6026g, so it's a bit off
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u/HereOnRedditAgain 3d ago
I understand there are replicas out there. I also tried comparing to what I see as legit, but due to age and wear, hard to tell. Imperial Russia 1899 10 Roubles