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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gxseries, post: 1983667, member: 4373&quot;]I think it&#039;s a matter of time when people find out they are truly unappreciated and prices will rocket up. At a low mintage of around 20,000 - 40,000 ish, you might think that&#039;s a fair bit. These coins have been poorly looked after, with many without their boxes and COA. I reckon for every 1 of each coin with the box and COA is sold, I can probably find 20 coins without it. Factor that with 12 coins and you can see why this becomes absurdly difficult. Some series are just impossible to find duplicates. Hunt them around and see if my figures are about right. You may be surprised. </p><p><br /></p><p>On top of this, these silver coins must have caught the attention of counterfeiters. It&#039;s not that they are particular rare or extremely expensive - you can still get them under 100 dollars each. Yet counterfeit / replicas are sold at 10 dollars each. </p><p><br /></p><p>Let&#039;s take an example</p><p><br /></p><p>Genuine: </p><p><a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/41275-Russie-URSS-1922-1991-3-Roubles-1988-KM-Y211-KM-Y211-/321491574057?pt=US_World_Coins&amp;hash=item4ada641d29" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/41275-Russie-URSS-1922-1991-3-Roubles-1988-KM-Y211-KM-Y211-/321491574057?pt=US_World_Coins&amp;hash=item4ada641d29" rel="nofollow">http://www.ebay.com/itm/41275-Russie-URSS-1922-1991-3-Roubles-1988-KM-Y211-KM-Y211-/321491574057?pt=US_World_Coins&amp;hash=item4ada641d29</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Counterfeit / replica:</p><p><a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/RUSSIA-USSR-silver-plated-3-ROUBLES-1988-PROOF-VLADIMIR-srebrenik-/331318230993?pt=US_World_Coins&amp;hash=item4d241affd1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/RUSSIA-USSR-silver-plated-3-ROUBLES-1988-PROOF-VLADIMIR-srebrenik-/331318230993?pt=US_World_Coins&amp;hash=item4d241affd1" rel="nofollow">http://www.ebay.com/itm/RUSSIA-USSR-silver-plated-3-ROUBLES-1988-PROOF-VLADIMIR-srebrenik-/331318230993?pt=US_World_Coins&amp;hash=item4d241affd1</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Yes, yes, I know you can start talking about no &quot;copy&quot; stamp but that&#039;s besides the point. Terrible times.</p><p><br /></p><p>The easiest I reckon is the 1991 Gagarin set followed by 1988 1000th anniversary of Baptism of Russia. The rest are just difficult.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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