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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gxseries, post: 3239622, member: 4373&quot;]Ah I remember now. Thanks for reminding me that I have to fix that part. Never got around to it. I did have a few 1924 5 kopek and that was one of the coins that I replaced with a different photo. Obviously that would mean a few links will be affected. </p><p><br /></p><p>Counterfeits unfortunately are a serious problem and there is no simple diagnosis for it. I bought a semi key date for a &quot;bargain&quot;&nbsp; a while back.&nbsp; When inspected first hand, the details are wrong in some areas. This is difficult to notice online and on top of this, it has been artificially circulated / corroded etc. Silver rubles are not immune to this either. At one stage when silver prices were at 50 usd / oz, some reasonably good quality counterfeits would appear in the market. They appear to be well circulated with good edge and would weigh about right too, except they were struck with base metal. Even if they were sold at scrap metal price, counterfeiters were making a killing out of it. So if you backtrack when silver was at that price, it has been more than a few years. </p><p><br /></p><p>The key series would be the 1935 - 1936 series. I found most of them to be difficult in particular 5 kopek. Believe my example has some issues. </p><p><br /></p><p>Other than that series, most examples can be found in reasonable condition at a decent price.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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