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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gxseries, post: 2356345, member: 4373&quot;]There is a reason why I specifically targeted crown size coin / ruble coins. These are the largest source of counterfeits and new collectors often think that they are a bargain, until they find out the reality. At one stage where silver price was hovering at 50usd / oz, common Soviet ruble coins such as 1921 and 1924 rubles were heavily targeted and sold for less than melt value. New collectors thought that they are genuine and a bargain only to get fooled. There&#039;s still a few on ebay. We know this too well but if you see an Imperial ruble sold for around 20 - 30 USD - what this does often mean?</p><p><br /></p><p>The only other more common silver crown coins would be from 1811 to 1825 and then 1840s - 1870s, some years being very very tough. </p><p><br /></p><p>The smaller denominations of some types have always been more affordable. I personally haven&#039;t been looking at poltina and polupoltinnik for a while but can only imagine the prices still remain to be stubbornly high for some of the less common ones. For instance, try completing a simple silver type set of Pavel I coins (no heavy ruble, efimok, polupoltinnik variety) - took me a few years to hunt them down for starters without selling a leg or arm. </p><p><br /></p><p>I guess as of why Russian coin prices have fallen - there&#039;s two main reasons. 1) USD has strengthen against other major currencies 2) Some of the largest buyers from Russia actually felt the pinch of the overall Russian economy and the weakening of the Russian ruble didn&#039;t help. Of course this still does not really affect coins that are very popular or scarce to start off with.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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