Link is to an auction of a silver bar marked with the old Soviet logo and with Russian writting. Never heard of this from them before. Could this be legit or just someone screwing around with some silver?
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This thing is a fake, I speak Russian as a second language - and the characters where it should be Russian cyrillic are actually reverse Roman characters. All USSR bullion was in grammes, or kilogrammes, never Ounces except for silver commemorative rounds. The ikratka, or I in Russian on this piece which looks like a reverse N in Roman alphabet is actually made with an N, and not an ikratka.
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<< <i>This thing is a fake, I speak Russian as a second language - and the characters where it should be Russian cyrillic are actually reverse Roman characters. All USSR bullion was in grammes, or kilogrammes, never Ounces except for silver commemorative rounds. The ikratka, or I in Russian on this piece which looks like a reverse N in Roman alphabet is actually made with an N, and not an ikratka.
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I still like it and would pay $75 for it, as long as its silver.
Why would anyone even “think” that hunk of scrap contained silver? The seller lied about the text on the bar and presumably everything else. Maybe his next offering will add “St. Petersburg Mint” to the fake to make you think it was pre-revolutionary, too.
<< <i>I like the Russian Ballerinas, and this doesn't begin to approach the aesthetics of that coin.
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Love the Ballerinas! Kind'a hard to find though.
Regards,
John
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<< <i>This thing is a fake, I speak Russian as a second language - and the characters where it should be Russian cyrillic are actually reverse Roman characters. All USSR bullion was in grammes, or kilogrammes, never Ounces except for silver commemorative rounds. The ikratka, or I in Russian on this piece which looks like a reverse N in Roman alphabet is actually made with an N, and not an ikratka.
Edited to add image. >>
I still like it and would pay $75 for it, as long as its silver.
<< <i>as long as its silver. >>
That's the thing though, how can you be sure?
<< <i>Maybe his next offering will add “St. Petersburg Mint” to the fake to make you think it was pre-revolutionary, too. >>
If they did, they would probably still keep the hammer and sickle to make the bar appeal to the widest audience..
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<< <i>Maybe his next offering will add “St. Petersburg Mint” to the fake to make you think it was pre-revolutionary, too. >>
If they did, they would probably still keep the hammer and sickle to make the bar appeal to the widest audience..
<< <i>I like the Russian Ballerinas, and this doesn't begin to approach the aesthetics of that coin.
PT Barnum said it, and it is true - one is born every minute. Isn't capitalism great!
Love the Ballerinas! Kind'a hard to find though.
Regards,
John
1947-P & D; 1948-D; 1949-P & S; 1950-D & S; and 1952-S.
Any help locating any of these OBW rolls would be gratefully appreciated!