"Polar Star" Order.

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Can you please elaborate on the four sub-varieties of the Type 2 and how to differentiate them?

Cheers,
Will

Here is what I have, though it should be treated as very PRELIMINARY, as I have yet to fold in the information in Urnukh's wonderful new book.

Type 2.1 - Screwback; upward-curved МОНЕТНЫЙ ДВОР mintmark; Mongol bichig; SN at 6 o'clock near bottom - Low = 8/High = 2831

Type 2.2 - Screwback; downward-curved МОНЕТНЫЙ ДВОР mintmark; Mongol bichig; SN directly below screwpost - Low = 72/High = 2878

Type 2.3 - Screwback; no mintmark; Mongol bichig; SN at 7 o’clock - Low = 1562/High = ????

Type 2.4 - Screwback; hand-engraved МОНЕТНЫЙ ДВОР mintmark; Mongol bichig; SN at 6 o'clock near bottom - Low = 1710/High = 1776

Quite honestly, I doubt whether most (any?) of these are anything more than random "noise" in the production system.