Russian Federation Order of Courage: Originals and Fakes

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For basic info about this order please go to

http://en.wikipedia....rder_of_Courage

Meanwhile we`ll go straight to the silver

ORIGINALS

The lowest number that I know

Edited October 11, 2012 by JapanX

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Note the position of mint mark

Engraving style

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Edge

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Now let`s examine # 3393

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Original box

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Another original piece from the same thousand, but with doc

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Note these signs of cutting on the edge ;)

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A piece from 21 thousand (note how the line under the number changed)

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Piece with nice (and quite typical for this order) patina from the same thousand

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Box