Posted 01/04/2012 09:30 am
Hello and welcome. 
Your Russian coin will be a 5 kopeks. There are two different kinds of 5 kopek coins Russia produced that year, a large copper one like this, and a small silver one like this. The copper one comes with one of two possible mintmarks at the bottom of the reverse, "EM" or "CM".
Your "gold coin" sounds like it might be a sovereign, but your description does not quite match what a sovereign is supposed to look like. Check your coin against this example and make sure the words and appearance match up. I have to point out that in the 1800s, people that made and sold packs of cards also made ans sold replica coins to play card games with; these "card counters" often look like gold coins, but are made of brass and have different legends on them than genuine coins. I should also point out that, if it is indeed a genuine 1823 sovereign, it is a scarce coin and worth considerably more than its gold content alone, even if it has a "slight knick".
With your third coin, George III died long before 1890, so I suspect either the date or description is wrong.
Your Russian coin will be a 5 kopeks. There are two different kinds of 5 kopek coins Russia produced that year, a large copper one like this, and a small silver one like this. The copper one comes with one of two possible mintmarks at the bottom of the reverse, "EM" or "CM".
Your "gold coin" sounds like it might be a sovereign, but your description does not quite match what a sovereign is supposed to look like. Check your coin against this example and make sure the words and appearance match up. I have to point out that in the 1800s, people that made and sold packs of cards also made ans sold replica coins to play card games with; these "card counters" often look like gold coins, but are made of brass and have different legends on them than genuine coins. I should also point out that, if it is indeed a genuine 1823 sovereign, it is a scarce coin and worth considerably more than its gold content alone, even if it has a "slight knick".
With your third coin, George III died long before 1890, so I suspect either the date or description is wrong.
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