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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Rhino89, post: 828975, member: 21773&quot;]I collect practically only Russian currency, so I will only comment on one particular coin:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Although it&#039;s not what you would call &quot;valuable&quot;, or &quot;rare&quot; since it is pretty common and easy to find, that 1 Rouble coin at the bottom of the picture, with the symbol of the torch and olympic rings is one that I really like. It was minted by the Soviet Union for the 1980 Olympics in Moscow - <b>which the US boycotted</b> <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> . And that torch symbol on the coin is the official symbol of those Olympics, so it&#039;s that type of memorabilia that had to have been brought over physically, and those coins always have an interesting story on how they got here. Those 1 Rouble coins (yours is 1 of 6 issued of that denomination with Olympic themes) were some of the few Olympic-themed coins put into circulation by any country (most of the time they just make them as collectibles, not as currency).</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I personally have the set of 6 1 Rouble coins, and I got it from my grandfather who actually grew up there and physically picked the coins out of circulation while the Olympics were going on in 1980 and brought them over here.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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