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Message:: [QUOTE="Taxidermist, post: 1294358, member: 24849"]Here are a few things that can not appear on a set made in Russia (or made by someone who knows Russian language): *On front cover, there is no use of capital letters in Russian line on the left. In English line on the right, there is a proper use of capital letters. * Under the coins there is a print with coin denomination. It got massive grammatical mistake. It is a bit hard to explain since in English the plural of "rouble" is always the same, "roubles". In Russian, "1 rouble" and "5 rouble" sounds and written differently. Nobody who knows Russian would make such a mistake, maybe if its a 3 years old. * Token in the middle seems like an official mint token, but it says "Moscow and Saint Petersburg Mints". Usually the token should state "Moscow Mint" OR "Saint Petersburg Mint". * One word on a token using English letter Y, while it should be Russian version of letter U. They look a bit the same, but its the wrong way to write it. It is hard to imagine that something like this would be struck on Russian coin set token. * Token says "Coins In Circulation" with a wrong letter in Russian "In". There should be Russian "V" while there is actually Russian "B". Even 3 years old won't put it this way. With all these basic mistakes I got the feeling it was made in China. There is no way to be sure the coins are genuine unless they are weighed, IMHO.[/QUOTE]