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Offline coinsarefun

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1914-SP BC 20 Kopeks Russia
« on: May 01, 2011, 01:06:15 AM »
First of all, what does the SP mean after the date?
Secondly, when taking straight on both sides have heavy die polish lines.
Then if  image is taken a little different view(tilted) the die polish lines disappear almost
looks like a proof or deep proof like.
Graded MS 65 PCGS
Can someone give me some info


 


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Re: 1914-SP BC 20 Kopeks Russia
« Reply #1 on: May 01, 2011, 11:43:17 AM »
Hey Stef, nice specimen. СПБ/SPB was for the Saint Peterburg mint. 1914 was same year the name was changed to Petrograd, afterwhich coins were struck without mintmarks . 'BC/VS' was initals for the mint master, Victor Smirnov (1913-1917). The specimen you have does almost look proof-like. Whether this is actually a proof is another story.

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« Last Edit: May 01, 2011, 08:48:15 PM by Zantetsuken »
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Re: 1914-SP BC 20 Kopeks Russia
« Reply #2 on: May 01, 2011, 02:28:57 PM »
Thanks for the info Daniel :)

What really struck me weird is when tilted you can see all the lines in the fields.
I was starting to wonder if the coin was cleaned :-\
But I realized that they are only in the fields and do not go over the devices so I guess its die polish lines ;)
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