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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;superc, post: 1833510, member: 44079&quot;]They are interesting &#039;counterfeits&#039; in that they actually were made of coin grade silver vs a cheaper metal.&nbsp; In short they were made with minimum profit and may indeed have just been an attempt to avoid commission prices when paying debts with silver bullion.&nbsp; I am puzzled by it all however and do not understand why the USSR didn&#039;t just come out with a silver coin, or if they had one, why not use it instead?&nbsp; My only conclusion is the motive may have been not just to avoid a loss of money when doing a transaction with the silver, but also to hide from the seller the identity of who it was doing the purchasing.&nbsp; Of course that falls flat when we look at which coin it was.&nbsp; What ten cent item would the Soviets want badly enough to use real silver, but also wish to hide the fact it was their dime?&nbsp;&nbsp; Clearly one doesn&#039;t pay for a multi-thousand dollar item with identical fake dimes.&nbsp; This leads to imagining an entire flotilla of fake coins, fake dimes, quarters (mentioned in the article (wonder if any of mine are those fake, dateless, quarters?) as well as Morgans and Peace dollars, possibly fake paper money and gold coins as well.&nbsp; Oh my, an entire mint (since they were struck) needs to be built.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>This is a lot of trouble to go through.&nbsp; If they are/were going to go through the expense of using real silver but hide the origin of the coin, I am not understanding why they simply didn&#039;t exchange the silver for something like Swiss Francs, or even real dimes and quarters.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>To me, the purpose of the counterfeiting exercise is still not understood.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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