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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;scottishmoney, post: 1597420, member: 12789&quot;]Those coins were same weight and fineness of older Russian rubles ie .900 fine silver.&nbsp; During 1920&#039;s RSFSR then USSR government had to issue coins in silver and gold to stabilise ruble - because inflation wiped out it&#039;s value several times over.&nbsp; The 1921 coins were not released until 1924 with the &quot;gold ruble&quot; which represented stabilisation.&nbsp; USSR did not go into &quot;fiat&quot; ie worthless currency until 1931 - by then Stalin was consolidating power, instituting five year plans, scorching southern Russia and Ukraine and starting pogroms against Kulakii.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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