Russian 1763 Overstruck

Agflyer

I picked this coin up in Moscow in 1991. It's one of my favorites.

spinaker2000

Nice ghost rider!!

edited to add; That coin has alot of other things going on too.

Agflyer

I don't know anything about it, though after paying a whopping $5 for it I was told by another merchant that it was fake. I think he was jealous that I didn't buy any of his coins.

gxseries

Wow, you have a better example than I do. It's an excellent example of a 1763 SPB 2k over 1762 4k. 5 dollars is darn cheap for such pretty overstrike coins. I wouldn't call it doubhe struck though - it's two different coinages and hence the term overstrike.

You may check my coin collection at omnicoin for other examples of overstriked Russian coins.

This is one of an example that I have:



P.S. you might be able to find a third year in that coin if you are *very* lucky. Best of luck!
P.P.S. you might want to check this clip that I made ages ago: Link Right click and save as, and open it with your browser. It should work if you have flash installed in your computer. I used a 1765 2k as an example but you can get a rough idea.

- Edited to add last line.
- Double edit to add extra url.

Agflyer

Gxseries, thanks for the info. I didn't realize that there were actually two different coinages present. Your link was very helpful. My coin is a little darker and looks more like the second photo I posted. The first one makes it look too red.

lordmarcovan

That is wicked cool!