It looks like Armerian to me, one of the ex-Soviet nations. Can you post the reverse and if possible a larger picture?
Yes the 1917 15 kopek isn't too common and is giving good prices. Here is one example that was sold on ebay a few days ago....
Strongly disagree Aidan. If you can actually read the Chinese characters, "圓" directly translates to yuan AND pronounced as YUAN, regardless of...
Taiwan 1 yuan, Year 70, which is 1981.
Coopra, the reason why I started to collect Russian coins was because of a book that I bought in Moscow. It's called "Proshloe v monetah", printed...
I'm not an expert when it comes down to French coins, but maybe if you want to have a look at various French coins, you can take a look at the...
French franc? Perhaps something like this? [img] Image from Tiffy's collect in Omnicoin.
Perhaps acetone might help. :)
I'm not too sure about the Krause price of the 1883 Alexander III Coronation Ruble, but since the mintage number is actually higher than the 1896...
Here are the commemorative rubles that I have Aidan: 1834 Alexander I Column Ruble PROOF [img] Same ruble, but in F+. [img] 1839...
Some pictures will help. Maybe it's one of the Scandivanian countries, such as Denmark?
No, I am not in the US. I am currently living in Australia. Most of my Russian coins that I have were bought at a fraction of the current crazy...
Yes, living in Russia, you can exchange 1 USD for about 30 rubles, and exchanging that 30 rubles for 3000 kopeks would be a lot more than mine :P...
The 1916 1 kopek is minted in copper and on the other hand, the 1979 ruble commemorating the Moscow Olympics '80 is in nicupro or better known as...
Yes it's definately Russian and genuine. But in that grade, perhaps I would just expect it to be worth a few cents to probably a quarter or so....
Not too sure what you mean there gladiator, but Drimiti Markov is an extremely well reputated dealer when it comes to Russian numismatics. As well...
Who knows. Someone might take the bag and it got rough handled, i.e. bashed against a concrete wall.
The problem is, how can we tell when it was gold plated?
Roy, I'm afraid they are early Japanese cash coins
I tell you what is the best souvenir out of the Cold War: [img] "Soviet Union 1 ruble-dollar made from Soviet rockets!!! From the...
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