Russian Tsarist Coins

and a not so nice one from 1899, Nicholas II

 

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Posting a mere 5 Kopek coin in bronze, but curiously the bronze coins are more difficult to find in nice collectable condition than the smaller silver 5 kopek coin:



This one took awhile to find to complete my typeset of Nikolai II coinage from 1/4 Kopek(Polushka) to 15 Ruble(Imperiala) after long search this one came from a collector in Romania.

 

My personal favorite is this:



Shows some proof like features, possible old cleaning but honestly - at a low mintage, I feel really fortunate to even own one for starters.

 

That is a super rare coin and beautiful coin. Even in XF its about a $1000 piece. Do you have any plans to have it certified just to be sure its real?

 

Kolhoznik - maybe. I don't live in the US so the logistics to ship it to any TPGs is just too difficult to fathom.

There's a couple more than I have which I suspect they are high quality counterfeits. Mind you, I bought them about a good decade ago when Russian coins aren't as popular as today. If anything I still wished I got my hands on the 1859 and 1912 commemorative rubles when they were still affordable.





Some other commemorative coins





Yes this is a bad photo - it's a scan however it's completely toned black. Some sharp mark damage but again, can't beat melt value. I think I bought this for around 10 dollars give and take when silver was around 7 USD / oz.



I've got copies of the 1859 and 1914 ruble as well but I'll refrain from posting.

 

To give some relative appreciation of how many denominations are in the Tsarist type set:



I didn't include the 25 kopekii coin, it was a weird coin that really didn't circulate much. Sometime I will finish imaging the gold part of the set.

 

But my 25 kopek has some wear so it must have seen some circulation!

 

here are a few of my favorite russian coins...

 

i forgot one that i really like...

 

Have you ever heard of a "Tynf"? Was a silver 1/3 Rouble struck for Peter The Great. Stumbled upon them in Bitkin the other day, had never heard of the denomination before.

 

I know there was an "Altyn" which was roughly a three kopek coin.

 

Polushka - 1/4 kopek.
Denga - 1/2 kopek.
Altyn - 3 kopek.
Pyatak - 5 kopek.
Hryvennik - 10 kopek.
Polupoltinnik or polupoltina - 25 kopek.
Poltina - 50 kopek.
Chervonets - 10 roubles.

 

http://www.stacksbowers.com/browseauctions/lotdetail.aspx?AuctionID=6111&Lot=41365

 

And then there are some diminutives of the names
Denezhka
Pyatachaka

And here is one from Tsarist era that was a purchase my daughter made when she was about 10 years old:


When she bought the coin we had been living in the USA 3-4 years and she pulled it out of a dealer's "better" coins for $10 box. She didn't know why she wanted it, just appealed to her. She was born only a few kilometres from where the coin was minted. Later on when we were living in Donets'k I bought the replicas of these coins.

 

Denezhka - yes it is.
Pyatachaka - no it is not.

 

The latter is probably more of a regional thing, I have heard the 5 kopek coin called that where I was.

 

No, Sir. 5 kopek: pyatak, pyatachok.

 

Do you live in Russia? I am from Ukraine

 

Yeah. I live in Russia (Western Siberia). In Tomsk.

 

Pay attention, my friend: almost identical wreath on Russian and Swedish coins.