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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Rhino89, post: 1052257, member: 21773&quot;]<b>Russian Coins and Toning</b></p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m sure some of you have seen the &quot;Toning Premium Thread&quot; here at CoinTalk where a bunch of US coin collectors are sharing images of their toned coins that they usually paid 1.5-5X book value for each coin, and it got me thinking...</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Is there a similar excitement about toning for Russian coins as well? Have you even seen nearly as many toned Russian coins as we see toned Morgans, for example? And if a toned Poltina or Rouble, for example, do appear at auction, do you think collectors in our field would also pay 2-5X the book value for toning, or is it not as big of a factor for Russian coins? Just wanted to open up a discussion on the prevalence of toning and influence of it on prices...</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Here are some examples of recent toned Russian coins from ebay:</p><p><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&amp;item=380293960927" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&amp;item=380293960927" rel="nofollow">http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&amp;item=380293960927</a></p><p><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&amp;item=380293970685" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&amp;item=380293970685" rel="nofollow">http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&amp;item=380293970685</a></p><p><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&amp;item=170576700077" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&amp;item=170576700077" rel="nofollow">http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&amp;item=170576700077</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The top two definitely show a big premium for the toning, but do you think the last toned Poltina will also draw that attention?</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Also, feel free to share any photos of nice toned Russian coins (and price paid, if you&#039;d like).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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