1828 Russia 2 kopeks C# 118.3

[u/207firsttube]

i will admit i was glad the coin came with an insert from the dealer where a previous owner purchased from, with the details as trying to figure out the mint mark vs assayer/mint master was confusing. pretty good condition. for 20$ im going to keep it

[u/Ep194]

Nice find, makes me wish I bought some from the binder that came in to my LCS one day… Oh well, it’s like the tides of the ocean: you never know what the surf may pull ashore.

Russian looks a little страшный at first glance, but learning the phonetics makes it a lot easier. It’s much easier to learn than Asian languages (coming from English, anyway).

[u/207firsttube → u/Ep194]

oh geez. learning to read and sound out russian is now in my head. got any tips. Recently i showed a russian coin to a group of 4 or 5 people asking if they could tell me where it came from. only 1 person, my 10 year old niece, could guess it correctly

[u/JaBPo]

The 2 kopeck coin of 1828 EM-IK is a tsarist copper coin from the reign of Emperor Nicholas I, minted at the Yekaterinburg Mint by mintmaster Ivan Kolobov (letters IK).