Space Medals - Page 15

Lapa · 10-18-2006, 03:49 PM

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Originally Posted by ericlida

... Who would make these fakes, when the market is not very big and the prices are not very high? It is just my opinion, but you never know.

...

Eric,

I disagree with you on that one; Space is a VERY popular theme in many countries.
And we need to remember that Russia is a place where they even fake bottled water, so anything costing over $0.10 is fair game IMHO

Marc

ericlida · 10-18-2006, 06:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lapa

Eric,

I disagree with you on that one; Space is a VERY popular theme in many countries.
And we need to remember that Russia is a place where they even fake bottled water, so anything costing over $0.10 is fair game IMHO

Marc

Well,
Marc I tried to defend PEOPLE of RUSSIA

, but you distroyed my efforts

I give up. You are Wright.

BTW, what is IMHO?

Eric

Sergei · 10-18-2006, 07:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lapa

And we need to remember that Russia is a place where they even fake bottled water, so anything costing over $0.10 is fair game IMHO

Marc

Marc, What exactly is being faked, the bottles or the water or the act of putting one into the other

?
By the way, IMHO stands for In My Humble Opinion, I guess. Sergei.

Lapa · 10-19-2006, 05:14 AM

Eric,

Sergei is right about IMHO.

Sergei,

Fake bottled water - that is water sold in bottle that purports to be original mineral water - is a very common occurence here these days. Now, we need to keep in mind that the original 1.5l bottle costs approximately 25~30 roubles (~US$1), whereas the faked water costs about 20 roubles (~US$0.65). Given those figures, you can understand my previous statement that anything worth $0.10 or more has become fair game

Marc

ericlida · 10-19-2006, 09:26 AM

Going back to the space medals (or other medals).
Would we consider as a fake medal that was made at the Moscow Mint, but ''under the table''?
I know that there are situations when the Mint gets an order to make number of medals. Some employees would make 30-40 medals more and steal them from the factory. These medals are the same as ''legal'' medals. They are just some extras. It is imposible to tell, which one is which. They are the same.
This is what I believe is heppening with Space (and other new) medals now.

Eric

ericlida · 10-27-2006, 07:21 PM

Found two new Space medals:
1. Anniversary of Yuri Gagarin
2. Builder of Baykonur

Eric

***Tal Inbar*** · 10-28-2006, 06:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ericlida

I know that there are situations when the Mint gets an order to make number of medals. Some employees would make 30-40 medals more and steal them from the factory.

Do you KNOW that? How?

We talked about this issue a while ago, and some of THE experts on the forum agreed that this is very remote possibility.

If you can tell us more about your sources it will be great.

Tal

***Tal Inbar*** · 10-28-2006, 06:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ericlida

Found two new Space medals:
1. Anniversary of Yuri Gagarin
2. Builder of Baykonur

Eric

I believe that there is NOTHING in common with legit space medals:

Note the poor quality, the suspension, the ring....

I consider these just a fantasy medals.

Tal

Sergei · 10-28-2006, 09:06 AM

What does BCO stand for on the left medal? Sergei

ericlida · 10-28-2006, 10:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sergei

What does BCO stand for on the left medal? Sergei

Voenniy Stroitelniy Otryad - Military Builders Unit

Eric

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10-19-2006, 05:14 AM	#144
Lapa Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: St Petersburg, Russia Age: 47 Posts: 3,453	Eric, Sergei is right about IMHO. Sergei, Fake bottled water - that is water sold in bottle that purports to be original mineral water - is a very common occurence here these days. Now, we need to keep in mind that the original 1.5l bottle costs approximately 25~30 roubles (~US$1), whereas the faked water costs about 20 roubles (~US$0.65). Given those figures, you can understand my previous statement that anything worth $0.10 or more has become fair game Marc

10-19-2006, 09:26 AM	#145
ericlida Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Portland, Oregon, USA Age: 55 Posts: 1,124	Going back to the space medals (or other medals). Would we consider as a fake medal that was made at the Moscow Mint, but ''under the table''? I know that there are situations when the Mint gets an order to make number of medals. Some employees would make 30-40 medals more and steal them from the factory. These medals are the same as ''legal'' medals. They are just some extras. It is imposible to tell, which one is which. They are the same. This is what I believe is heppening with Space (and other new) medals now. Eric

10-28-2006, 09:06 AM	#149
Sergei Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 456	What does BCO stand for on the left medal? Sergei

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