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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Rhino89, post: 1145304, member: 21773&quot;]<b>Imperial Russian Bonds</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Finally got around to my bonds...</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>First, an 1869 125 Ruble bond to raise money, a loan for the Czar to build </p><p>the Nicholai Railroad. Still has coupons that weren&#039;t redeemed, looks like </p><p>they stopped being redeemed April 1919 or so. Logical, since by then the </p><p>Soviets came to power. Intricate watermark. And one of the stamps in the </p><p>bond is a &quot;Eight Pence&quot; stamp with no color, just a highly raised/depressed </p><p>texture to it, very cool.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v662/subliminalxtac/IMG_3500.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v662/subliminalxtac/IMG_3501.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v662/subliminalxtac/IMG_3503.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v662/subliminalxtac/IMG_3509.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v662/subliminalxtac/IMG_3510.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v662/subliminalxtac/IMG_3518.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Next, 1889 125 Ruble...</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v662/subliminalxtac/IMG_3519.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>And 1891 125 Ruble...</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v662/subliminalxtac/IMG_3524.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v662/subliminalxtac/IMG_3527.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Last one, 1894 125 Ruble... lots of coupos remaining, also stopped being redeemed around 1918/1919.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v662/subliminalxtac/IMG_3532.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v662/subliminalxtac/IMG_3533.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v662/subliminalxtac/IMG_3538.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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