Do you remember cold war time? Gorbi? Perestroika and glasnost? Maybe the joke about pound, dollar and rubel? One pound of rubles costs one dollar ... Proudly I present commemorative token; made of titanium-aluminium composition, 40 mm dia, issued in 1988 in Soviet Union, denomination: 1 dollar=1 rubel.
I have that medal too but I don't think it's titanium aluminium. The certificate that I have that came with it mentions this: This is to certify that the token DISARMAMENT COIN is made of the metal of the R-12 (SS-4) Soviet medium range missiles scrapped under the Soviet-American INF Treaty. The metal poses no harm for your health. The “coin” is a unique souvenir and cannot be used as currency. - Soviet Peace Committee It is definately some sort of reenforced aluminium alloy though. If you want a better medal, this might be another one:
I'd rather have the one made from the scrapped missile. That's a little bit of neat history. The other one is just a precious metal round as far as I'm concerned.
Not really. The other round is a limited mintage of 1000 so it's not really that easy to find one around although I seen two broken up sets on ebay this month. The missile medal is much easier to be found.
Rarity and whether or not it is easy to find doesn't matter. It is still just a precious metal round. The missile token may be much more common and easier to find, but it is still more historical and I'd rather have it. (I don't consider either of these items to be coins.)
