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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 25897378, member: 10461&quot;]These are fun.&nbsp; I need to stock up on some more for my giveaway &quot;free store&quot;. </p><p><br /></p><p>They&#039;re so chunky and impressive- and affordable.&nbsp; And the edge design and designs in general are cool.&nbsp; They&#039;ve got ... <i>character</i>.</p><p><br /></p><p>Used to be you could get &#039;em for $10-20 each in pick bins, but now they seem to be more than that.&nbsp; I will have to keep an eye out for some when I go to the FUN show in January.&nbsp; I wonder what they&#039;d cost in a pick bin nowadays.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s a big fat <i>ten</i>-kopeck Russian copper from Siberia, under Catherine the Great.&nbsp; A bit scarcer than the usual Russian 5K &quot;whopper coppers&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>This coin is in a standard sized NGC slab- but barely fits, and the plastic bulges a bit in the middle.</p><p><br /></p><p>Since I do not do coins in oversized holders (due to limitations with the boxes in my safe deposit lockbox), this is the largest coin in my collection.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://img.colleconline.com/artefactimg/fce2382df96e4e178fd8741fc4cb7cd0/32a90b1d3a3b450d96bd204c6ec1cafa.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://img.colleconline.com/artefactimg/fce2382df96e4e178fd8741fc4cb7cd0/deeeccade583499aae03be787d861155.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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