Have these 2 silver coins but no real idea as to what they are other than one is Russian & I think the other is polish Any Ideas LOL De Orc
I can't see much of the writing of the one on the left, but the one word I can make out is "PYCCKOGO" which is some derivation of the root word "pycckn" for Russian. The one on the right is obviously Russian, and bears the denomination of 3 PYbLR - or 3 Rubles from bAHK POCCNN - the Bank of Russia in 1993 during the time of the Soviet Union - hence the CCCP (for Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, or USSR). It also appears to be a .900 silver coin. One of the guys with easy access to the Krause book for world coins will be able to tell you more! ~AJ
WAIT, THIS IS MY FIELD Both of them are Russian and are of 1 ounce silver. First coin commemorates the map of voyage, mintage of 25,000. Link: http://www.cbr.ru/eng/bank-notes_coins/Base_of_memorable_coins/coins.asp?cat_num=5111-0007 Second: Soviet Union - 500th anniversary of the Great Russian Empire, ships of Peter the Great. Mintage: 40,000 Nice find though - Russian silver coins are ridiciously hard to find. If you paid around 30 dollars each or even under, I said you did very well.
Thanks Guy's very much appreciated gxseries They are worth that much I picked them up at a xmas market in Germany about a year ago, no idea what they were but I love tall ships and they cost me 7 euros each, have been trying since then to find out about them to no avail LOL Again thanks guy's De Orc
For some reason I find that very strange, the Soviet Union issueing commemorative coins. Isn't that a bit like a vegetarian ordering a meat lovers pizza.. they are beautiful though..
Pardon me there, I'm sure trying to assemble a complete set of Soviet commemrative coins can be a real daunting task. With a total of the following: 162 coins - 2 bi-metals 74 Ni-cupro, with the exception of 4, you can get restrikes, proof, uncirculated etc 40 silver, with 28 being either in proof or uncirculated, 21 gold, with 6 being either in proof or uncirculated and 4 in 14k gold in uncirculated condition, the rest in proof 14 palladium, 3 strictly in uncirculated condition and 2 in either proof or uncirculated, the rest in proof 11 platinum, 5 in uncirculated or proof condition, and the rest in proof Do you think it's possible to complete such set excluding the varities, proof / uncirculated conditons, restrikes etc? EEK! Possible if and only if have the money to do so.
I think I will stick strictly to the opertunist method of collecting them LOL if I see them cheap buy have just bought myself 2 more a dragon boat (Korean) and a Japanese Junk (On a portugese coin LOL) both Silver proof and both inexpensive De Orc
You might want to try here if you are collecting world coins with ships: http://coinpeople.com/index.php?showtopic=355 You have to sign up I believe...
While I don't actually collect Russian coins I do have a few. I have purchased some Belarus coins in the last few years that are ABSOLUTELY outstanding in design and craftsmanship. When I see a coin that stands above all the rest I usually start looking for it regardless of where it was struck. Each year I look for the winners of the world coin contest held for world wide mints and act accordingly to find a few of the winners. The contest is always two years behind (2003 coins entered in the 2005 contest) so that there is time to get all the lucky ladies, err.....I mean coins together for the contest and there are different classifications to enter and win. If I end up with 2 or 3 winners each year I get some of the most significant world coins made and some simply outstanding themes, designs and history. Really a neat aspect of my collecting habit now!
