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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;scottishmoney, post: 7286827, member: 12789&quot;]Coin collecting in the USSR was generally frowned upon.&nbsp; If you had gold or silver coins particularly.&nbsp; The authorities generally looked the other way with older especially bronze coins etc.&nbsp; That said I know people that were collecting coins back in the 1980s, even gold and silver.</p><p><br /></p><p>When I was there I came across people looking to sell the Nicholas II gold 5 rubles coins - wanted dollars only - no rubles.&nbsp; I didn&#039;t buy any - concerned about fakes. But I even managed to &quot;sneak&quot; a few older 18th century coins out.&nbsp; Even now it is illegal to export any item over 100 years old out of the country - but like everything in Russia just because it is the law doesn&#039;t mean it doesn&#039;t happen.</p><p><br /></p><p>So in essence, it is not legal to export the pyatakii - but they are probably still slipping out of the country - but I am more than sure quite a few are going back to Russia as collecting coins is a whole new thing for people with more disposable income than before - as auction prices of Russian numismatics demonstrate.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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