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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gxseries, post: 3095505, member: 4373&quot;]Was going through my collection and sorting them out - I&#039;m sure I&#039;ll need another decade the way I&#039;m going. Thought I&#039;ll catalog what mints I had this time. It is interesting to see how many mints Russia had at one stage as well as foreign coins that struck for Russia as well.</p><p><br /></p><p>The two most common mints people would think would be St. Petersburg and Moscow. Perhaps Ekaterinburg if you know a little bit more about Russian coinage. How about Suzun? Sestroretsk Mint - which is technically more an armory. Sadagura which used captured Turkish cannons as coinage. Foreign mints were involved such as Poland, Finland, Georgia, France, Belgium and even Japan!</p><p><br /></p><p>While a fair number are common, some can get very difficult. I consider myself to be very lucky as a fair number of these coins were obtained before Russian coins became a bit too popular and expensive.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s my link</p><p><a href="http://gxseries.com/numis/rus_imperial/mint/russia_mint.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://gxseries.com/numis/rus_imperial/mint/russia_mint.htm" rel="nofollow">http://gxseries.com/numis/rus_imperial/mint/russia_mint.htm</a></p><p><br /></p><p>As of my personal favorite... it&#039;s difficult but if I had to pick one:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.omnicoin.com/coins/1018778.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>This coin was struck in 1788 in Tauric Mint, Feodosia - better known as Crimea. While I am not going to spark a debate of where Crimea belongs to - at one stage it did strike Russian coinage for just a couple of years in 1787 and 1788. Quite interesting piece of history.</p><p><br /></p><p>Please feel free to post some of the unusual mints struck during the Russian Empire![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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