Options
Russian hammered coin cache...
Weiss
Posts: 9,942 ✭✭✭✭✭
We are like children who look at print and see a serpent in the last letter but one, and a sword in the last.
--Severian the Lame
--Severian the Lame
0
Comments
The reason I ask, is having worked in Russia for 2 yrs I know how "enterprising" they can be.
My OmniCoin Collection
My BankNoteBank Collection
Tom, formerly in Albuquerque, NM.
<< <i>Forgive my ignorance about detecting etc, but are those coins a little too clean for having been buried for however long?
The reason I ask, is having worked in Russia for 2 yrs I know how "enterprising" they can be. >>
Cruzi, one of the reasons that silver has been prized for so long is that very reason. I've pulled 130-year old silver out of the ground that looked like it was dropped yesterday. A modern clad coin coming out of the ground after 3 years can be dark black. That's why your heart skips a beat when you see that glint in the bottom of your hole (plug)--you know instantly that you've found silver.
That's not to say they aren't faking something. But the final picture above is certainly the "after" picture. I'm sure those coins have been washed at the very least.
Edit - just searched on eBay, and wire kopeks from this period bring a whopping $10 to $20 each.
--Severian the Lame
Thats the good thing about this addiction, errr, hobby.
Collector since 1976. On the CU forums here since 2001.