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Message:: [QUOTE="Billy Kingsley, post: 782691, member: 19456"]Great posts, history and coins Siberian Man. I like seeing the Russian coins, and some of my first non-US coins were from Russia, but nothing as old or as spectacular as you have, mine were from 1987-1991 only.  I will always wonder, what would have happened if I had done something different. A few years back, I traveled a day away for a convention. While I was there, I found an antique shop that was larger then the convention center itself. There were many, many coins and I quickly found and purchased quite a few, at least by my standards (about 25 coins) After I had already purchased them, I continued to walk around the store and came across a display of Russian coins, all very similar to the examples you have posted. I believe most, if not all were from the reign of Catherine the Great. I had already spent the money I had brought so I didn't even ask how much they were, it made no difference because I had no money left to spend. I said to myself that I would inquire about them the next year when I went back if they were still there, but I chose not to go back, and I might not ever. I see that as a very large missed opportunity <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> That antique shop was so nice, I was actually looking forward more to THAT then to the convention I used to go to![/QUOTE]