John Conduitt ✭✭✭✭

Imperial portraits are very strong (so Peter the Great to Nicholas II). They have a unique style. But they didn't have portraits on low denominations and some emperors had no portrait coins at all (P… (View Post)

What do you mean by top coin? These are the priciest: https://www.rbth.com/lifestyle/330191-most-valuable-coins-tsarist-russia But those are rather irrelevant to collectors. Important coins include: … (View Post)

Only Heritage and Stack's Bowers are pushing slabs for every coin imaginable, since it's part of their business model - generate hype around 'top pops' and registry sets to push up prices for incredi… (View Post)

Perhaps the marks around the eye and nose on the left - they look not unlike marks on others labelled overstruck of this type. (View Post)

I think top right (as the photo is here, bearing in mind the photo seems to be sideways) might be an Awadh silver rupee, Shah Alam II, Lucknow, AH 1227 (1812-3). KM 103.2 https://www.ngccoin.com/pric… (View Post)