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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;yakpoo, post: 1533745, member: 18157&quot;]About 6-7 years ago I was cruising eBay and found a <b>1991 </b>collection of proof and unc coins entitled <b>&quot;The End of an Era...The Fall of The Soviet Union&quot;</b> (perhaps some of you have seen this set).&nbsp; I don&#039;t collect foreign coins much, but I liked this set. All the coins&nbsp; are in airtites and housed in a very nice black wooden display chest. I&nbsp; won it for $47 <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie6" alt=":cool:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. The coins are all Cupro-Nickel (I thought). I later&nbsp; learned that two (2) of the coins contain a small amount (4.67 grams) of&nbsp; gold. That&#039;s about $265 worth of gold at today&#039;s prices (about $45&nbsp; then).</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m still looking for the coins so I can post some pictures. <b>The set contains a total of Twenty-one (21) coins...</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b></b><img src="http://i664.photobucket.com/albums/vv10/Yakpoo/Tray1-Obv.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="http://i664.photobucket.com/albums/vv10/Yakpoo/Tray1-Rev.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="http://i664.photobucket.com/albums/vv10/Yakpoo/Tray2-Obv.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="http://i664.photobucket.com/albums/vv10/Yakpoo/Tray2-Rev.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Commemorative Proofs...</b></p><p><br /></p><p>1 Ruble <b>Prokofiev</b>: 2,100,000</p><p>1 Ruble <b>Navoi</b>: 2,100,000</p><p>1 Ruble <b>Lebedev</b>: 2,100,000</p><p>1 Ruble <b>Makhtumkuli</b>: 2,100,000</p><p>1 Ruble <b>Ivanov</b>: 2,100,000</p><p>1 Ruble <b>Gyangevi</b>: 2,100,000</p><p>3 Ruble <b>Battle of Moskow</b>: 2,100,000</p><p>5 Ruble <b>State Bank</b>: 2,500,000</p><p>5 Ruble <b>Archangel Cathedral</b>: 2,400,000</p><p>5 Ruble <b>Sansunski</b>: 2,500,000</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i664.photobucket.com/albums/vv10/Yakpoo/Commemorative-Obv.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="http://i664.photobucket.com/albums/vv10/Yakpoo/Commemorative-Rev.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Olympic Proofs...</b></p><p><br /></p><p>1 Ruble <b>Javelin</b>: 250,000</p><p>1 Ruble <b>Cycling</b>: 250,000</p><p>1 Ruble <b>Wrestling</b>: 250,000</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i664.photobucket.com/albums/vv10/Yakpoo/Olympic-Obv.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="http://i664.photobucket.com/albums/vv10/Yakpoo/Olympic-Rev.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Wildlife Business Strikes (two coin series due to USSR breakup)...</b></p><p><br /></p><p>5 Ruble <b>Markhur</b>: 500,000</p><p>5 Ruble <b>Fish Owl</b>: 500,000</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i664.photobucket.com/albums/vv10/Yakpoo/Wildlife-Obv.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="http://i664.photobucket.com/albums/vv10/Yakpoo/Wildlife-Rev.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Russian Ballet Proofs...</b></p><p><br /></p><p>10 Ruble <b>Ballerina</b>: 6,000</p><p>25 Ruble <b>Ballerina</b>: 5,000</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i664.photobucket.com/albums/vv10/Yakpoo/Ballet-Obv.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="http://i664.photobucket.com/albums/vv10/Yakpoo/Ballet-Rev.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Update: </b>I just found the coins and see that I missed a few. There are also four (4) additional 1991 business strike coins; the first coins struck by the new Russian government. They are 1991 50 Kopek and 1, 5, 10 Ruble coins. They were only struck in December 1991. I don&#039;t know how many were minted, but I imagine quite a few were made.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i664.photobucket.com/albums/vv10/Yakpoo/Business-Obv.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="http://i664.photobucket.com/albums/vv10/Yakpoo/Business-Rev.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Update2: </b>I was having trouble lighting these coins...then my battery gave out. This is the best I can do at the moment.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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