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Australia
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Went and got this off ebay. This was described as a white metal error coin. The original coin is a bi-metal coin. Some pictures    I did some weight test comparison but it seems to be within Weight Tolerance of all the other similar 10 ruble coin that I have. The edge is to show the color difference sandwiched between two genuine coin. My question is, do you think this is a plated coin or a genuine wrong planchet error coin. |
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United States
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United States
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fioti: that's a broken link. It comes up 404 for me. What does the article say?
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02/19/2017 08:36 am
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United States
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It described how Russian bi-met in '91 &2 had both types of centers.
The page wont come up for me now, how strange, It was a Coinword
article, Ima going to try a work-around, in an attempt to find it again
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United States
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Alright, goog "1991 off metal 10 rubles". On the 1st page, look toward the bottom for " Transitional planchets not always what they seem | Coin World" Your info is a couple-few paragraphs down the article. You can get to it that way. Good luck! ; "' |
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United States
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I read the link - that website says in 1991 there are copies known in white metal. It does not say if these were official releases - mint errors (struck on wrong planchet) or counterfeits.
I am always suspicious when planchets of different colors are in play.
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 United States
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According to Krause, the coin on the left is Y # 296 and the coin on the right is Y # 295
scratch that, oops
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Canada
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Why does the coin on the left have absolutely no luster? Looks like someone played with it.
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United States
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The coin on the left (not bi-metallic) is slightly larger than the bi-metallic coin. You can see the difference in your edge picture, too. What was the ebay listing number?  Edited by nss-52
02/25/2017 1:13 pm
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 Australia
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I returned the first coin. Took a lot of effort to convince this cannot be genuine. Guess what? The seller still continues to offer it. There was another coin that had me interested. This looked like it had to potential to be struck on the 1992 100 ruble planchet. I decided to see it in hand    Weight wise for all the coins used 1991 10 ruble (normal) : 6.02g 1991 10 ruble (plated silver?): 5.91g 1992 50 ruble: 5.91g 1991 10 ruble (switched alloy?): 6.08g You can see that the weight test is not reliable as the weight of these coins have a huge variance. The surface just does not look right. At best, it looks like it is heavily cleaned. But the color and toning does not look right! Gold just looks too bright for brass and nickel copper just does not tone in such a funny color. Lastly the dot is something that just cannot happen unless it's plated. Honestly I'm that tempted to put a scratch through the coin to demonstrate that it has been altered but I'm not too keen on throwing my money out. I've lost on shipping but this helps me keep in touch of the modern counterfeit / altered coins sellers would try to push through. Your opinion? |
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