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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gxseries, post: 120489, member: 4373&quot;]The 1809 ruble that you have is not terribly common - might go up to 50USD even if it&#039;s hinged and I am assuming it is around the same grade as the rest.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Alexsander I is the reign from 1801-1825, and all the coins were minted in the Saint Petersburg Mint. Moscow Mint was just slacking off most of the time as other mints could handle the production. </p><p><br /></p><p>The hinges work similar to how you soulder tin wires in various applications, except in this case, using some silver alloy to hinge it, and hence, making it virtually impossible to remove such hinges cleanly. </p><p><br /></p><p>If you wish to read more articles about Russian coins, I have typed out some at <a href="http://www.coinpeople.com" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinpeople.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinpeople.com</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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