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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Rhino89, post: 831046, member: 21773&quot;]My family is Russian, so the coin that he gave me was a 1913 1 Rouble coin from Imperial Russia. It was a coin that he was given by his grandfather, so it&#039;s been in the family for a while. My grandpa used to have a collection of Russian coins, but he had to sell it off to get money to immigrate elsewhere once the Soviet Union collapsed, but this coin was the only 1 he kept. It was a commemorative silver coin issued for the 300th anniversary of rule by the Imperial family. Ironically, it had the first Czar of Russia and the soon-to-be-last Czar on it as well. Looks like this:<img src="http://kopek.ws/gal/n2/1133992445_52.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>It is far from the value category that your coins are in, since these types are only about $150-$200, but it led to me kind of &quot;restoring&quot; the collection he used to have and adding a lot more that he had no access to. His 1 coin turned into me getting all the other Imperial Russian coin denominations, getting almost all the Russian banknotes issued from 1898 to 1991, and all the Soviet coins he used to have but had to sell.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>That&#039;s why on these forums I&#039;m always a big supporter of people keeping collections they have inherited. And I&#039;m glad you plan on keeping as many pieces as you are financially able to (no one should be starving but holding on to gold coins lol). Keep the forum updated on what&#039;s going on with the coins, it&#039;s a one of a kind collection :hail:[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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