Value? 1899 Czar Nicholas II 10 Rubles

What grade would you give this coin?

How much would a dealer pay me for this coin? 

Is it genuine? If so, should I go through the time and cost to have it graded?

I'm trying to figure out what to do.  Any advice or help you might give me would be much appreciated. Thanks.

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Doesn't look fake. Please add picture of the rim - there's writing on it. Check the dimensions and weight with the values on Numista to be more sure.

I bought one in much better condition on the famous auction site for $725 about a year ago. A dealer will likely give you much less.

I don't know about objective grading, but it looks pretty well-circulated to me. There are better specimens out there and these coins are pretty common. You could expect to take home maybe $500-600 hopefully, depending on how you sell it. Melt value is $400.

Edit: Depending on the initials on the rim your coin may be slightly more/less valuable. There is a rarer variety. 

I am photographing with a Samsung Galaxy J2 Core, which is an 8 MP, f/2.2, AF camera.   Sometimes it snaps good pictures, and other times it's like using a potato cam. Nevertheless I'll try again to get decent photos of the edge. 

Offhand, do you know what letters of the Cyrillic alphabet I should be looking for on the coin's edge?

stakeholder

 

Offhand, do you know what letters of the Cyrillic alphabet I should be looking for on the coin's edge?

It should say one of these:

1 ЗОЛОТНИК 78.24 ДОЛИ ЧИСТОГО ЗОЛОТА(А • Г)  

1 ЗОЛОТНИК 78.24 ДОЛИ ЧИСТОГО ЗОЛОТА(Ф • З)

1 ЗОЛОТНИК 78.24 ДОЛИ ЧИСТОГО ЗОЛОТА(Э • Б)

Numista lists 

 9% of the coins of 1899 to be (Э • Б), 13% (Ф • З), 48% (А • Г) .

It's unclear what the remaining 30% of the coins should say. Perhaps nothing?

Perhaps (А • Р) as that's the remaining set of initials and the line for it is simply missing.

Hi,stakeholder!

First,for the condition of your coin(that seems real & made of gold 900/1000 = 21.6kt.,weight 8.60g.),I have the same opinion as Kopeika : your coin looks pretty well circulated. So,some FINE grade to put on it!

Then,about the 3 signed edge varieties,the KM catalogue makes no difference of market values (although they had different mintages). All the 3 were mint in more than 27millions pieces in 1899. Also,the KM cat. says that only in XF condition & more,the value is greater than the melt one of gold…

Friendly yours,

Andi 👋

1. VF details.  It looks like there are abrasion marks obverse (cleaning).  For comparison:  https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1495460

2. I would be surprised if a dealer would pay above melt ($406 US today)

3. No, do not waste your money on grading.  I do not believe you will be repaid for it in this instance.

4. If you are an eBay seller, you could try listing it on eBay for $499 and see if you get a taker.  After fees this puts you around $435, still better than spot.

Kopeika

stakeholder

 

Offhand, do you know what letters of the Cyrillic alphabet I should be looking for on the coin's edge?

It should say one of these:

1 ЗОЛОТНИК 78.24 ДОЛИ ЧИСТОГО ЗОЛОТА(А • Г)  

1 ЗОЛОТНИК 78.24 ДОЛИ ЧИСТОГО ЗОЛОТА(Ф • З)

1 ЗОЛОТНИК 78.24 ДОЛИ ЧИСТОГО ЗОЛОТА(Э • Б)

 

Numista lists 

 9% of the coins of 1899 to be (Э • Б), 13% (Ф • З), 48% (А • Г) .

It's unclear what the remaining 30% of the coins should say. Perhaps nothing?

Perhaps (А • Р) as that's the remaining set of initials and the line for it is simply missing.

thanks. I don't know why I didn't see it earlier. It says (А • Г)  - so per the percentage it's the most common.

tdziemia

1. VF details.  It looks like there are abrasion marks obverse (cleaning).  For comparison:  https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1495460

2. I would be surprised if a dealer would pay above melt ($406 US today)

3. No, do not waste your money on grading.  I do not believe you will be repaid for it in this instance.

4. If you are an eBay seller, you could try listing it on eBay for $499 and see if you get a taker.  After fees this puts you around $435, still better than spot.

thank you. Sounds like best advice to not get it graded. I'm not an ebay seller, though. Are there any alternatives you'd recommend for a one time seller? 

stakeholder

 

Are there any alternatives you'd recommend for a one time seller? 

Taking it to a dealer and trying to get anything above melt would probably be the safest bet then.