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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ian, post: 115496, member: 283&quot;]Hi Doug,</p><p><br /></p><p>:smile&nbsp; I&#039;m currently looking at the 2nd edition 19th Century Krause Mischler Standard Catalogue of World Coins page 957. Very top left of the page has dates for the 5 roubles up to 1896 listed as A61 (6.4516 g / .1867 oz agw) but dates from 1897 onwards listed as A62 (4.3013 g / .1244 oz agw). </p><p><br /></p><p>Co-incidental to that, it seems there was a change to the standard in 1897 as the gold coin which was issued with a weight of 6.4516 g that year was&nbsp; denominated as 7.5 roubles (KM63).</p><p><br /></p><p>I can only assume that you are using a different edition of KM from me. It appears that yours has an error in it or my one contains errors relating to both the 5 and 7.5 roubles. </p><p><br /></p><p>The 1898 was second in the date run for the reduced weight 5 roubles. it was also the highest mintage by far at 52,378,000.</p><p><br /></p><p>......None of which explains how come the original posters coin ended up in a dealers 25c tray. :kewl:&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Ian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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