Any collectors of Imperial Russian Coins here??

The 1921 1r. looks great. I`d say the price for this one would be in the $90s, probably even higher on eBay.

This is the first coin i ever got (was a kid back then), it started the initial hoarding, which turned into collecting much later.

 

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Hey, I found some more that I didn't know that I had. These were in a different area of my collection because they are copper (or at least they look like copper). I don't know much about these, but here they are:

 

1-kopek coins, copper, weight - 4 g. minted in St. Petersburg.
1907 - 20000000 pieces. Minted in St. Petersburg.
1908 - 40000000 pieces. Minted in St. Petersburg.
1916 - 46500000 pieces. Minted in Petrograd.

 

2-kopeks coin, copper.
1900 - 20500000 pieces. Minted in St. Petersburg.
1914 - 20000000 pieces. Minted in St. Petersburg.

 

3-kopeks coin, copper.
1896 - 7923000 pieces. Minted in St. Petersburg.
1916 - 25667000 pieces. Minted in Petrograd.

 

Yes, they're all copper Kopeks... I'd keep the 1916 3 Kopek and the 1914 2 Kopek, the other ones are in a typical worn shape.

 

Well, I'm keeping them all, lol, as they are part of a small Russian Imperial collection that I have.

Here are a couple more, though not Imperial....

 

Are you by any chance interested in selling that 1924 50 Kopek? I'm trying to get all the years together, and so far have the 1925 and 1927... missing a 1924 and 1926.

 

The 1 kop. from 1924 is what i need to complete the year 1924. Just in case you`re selling

Rhino89: The 50 kop. is available on eBay, for rather acceptable prices (at least it was when i last checked a week ago or so).

 

So where does it say "50," lol. My SC of World Coins is a couple years old but lists both at $10 in fine, is that correct?

I'm probably not interested in selling right now, but might some time in the future....

 

Great question A lot of non-Russian speakers who have Russian coins don't know there is a system of nicknames for certain denominations of Russian coinage. Kind of like "5 cents" could also be "half dime". The coin does not have a "50" anywhere, but right in the middle of the coin on the side with the globe and hammer/sickle, it has two words, which are read as "odin poltinik". A "poltina" is the Russian nickname for a half rouble, or 50 kopek piece. "odin" just means "one", meaning one of these halves. Here's a list of some other nicknames:

• ¼ kopek – polushka
• ½ kopek – denga or dénezhka
• 2 kopek – semishnik (mostly obsolete by 20th century), dvúshka (20th century) or grosh
• 3 kopek – altyn (mostly obsolete by the 1960s)
• 5 kopek – pyaták
• 10 kopek – grívennik
• 15 kopek – pyatialtýnny (5 altyn; the usage lived longer than altyn)
• 20 kopek – dvugrívenny (2 grivenniks)
• 25 kopek – polupoltínnik (half poltínnik) or chetverták (from the Russian for ¼)
• 50 kopek – poltína or poltínnik

• 1 ruble – Tselkóvy (целко́вый), meaning "entire" or "whole" (це́лый)
• 5 rubles – Pyatyórka (пятёрка), Pyaták (пята́к), Pyatachyók (пятачо́к)
• 10 rubles – Chírik (чи́рик), "Chervónets" (черво́нец) or Desyátka (деся́тка)
• 50 rubles – Poltínnik (полти́нник) with some variants like Poltishók (полтишо́к)
• 100 rubles – Stólnik (сто́льник), Sótka (сотка)
• 500 rubles – Pyatikhátka (пятиха́тка), originally pyatikátka (пятика́тка)
• 1000 rubles – Kosár (коса́рь), Shtúka (шту́ка) or a hybrid Shtukár (штукарь), "Tónna" (то́нна) (mostly in St. Peterbourg)
• 1,000,000 rubles – Limón (лимо́н), Lyam (лям)
• 1,000,000,000 rubles – Yárd (ярд)

That list came from wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_ruble << a very intersting article by the way.

 

THANKS Rhino!

Now, what are those two worth approximately.

 

Reeded edge 1 kop. is $10 in F, plain edge is $50. 50 kop. is $15 in F.

 

i dont collect russian but here is a 1726 denga that i have. sorry its a bad picture

 

i have just given away 3 2 kopek coins from the 1800's to a young lad who has just started collecting, they were all alexander period coins.

 

It's not a denga (1/2 kopek) but polushka (1/4 kopek) 1736.:hail:

 

Russian Coins and Toning

I'm sure some of you have seen the "Toning Premium Thread" here at CoinTalk where a bunch of US coin collectors are sharing images of their toned coins that they usually paid 1.5-5X book value for each coin, and it got me thinking...

Is there a similar excitement about toning for Russian coins as well? Have you even seen nearly as many toned Russian coins as we see toned Morgans, for example? And if a toned Poltina or Rouble, for example, do appear at auction, do you think collectors in our field would also pay 2-5X the book value for toning, or is it not as big of a factor for Russian coins? Just wanted to open up a discussion on the prevalence of toning and influence of it on prices...

Here are some examples of recent toned Russian coins from ebay:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=380293960927
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=380293970685
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170576700077

The top two definitely show a big premium for the toning, but do you think the last toned Poltina will also draw that attention?

Also, feel free to share any photos of nice toned Russian coins (and price paid, if you'd like).

 

15 kopeks 1955.

 

I'm not seeing any toning on that... Toning (colorful), not to be confused with patina. If you look at the ebay auction photos you'll see.