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<p>[QUOTE="rexesq, post: 1142568, member: 5739"]<b>Russia Mint Set</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Nice one <b>Siberian Man</b>, very cool design. I do not have any Papal coins in my collection, but something that may interest you, the other day at the coinshop, I checked the bids I had won from their little 'Bid Board' auction they have each week, and one thing I won was a 1992 St Petersburg and Moscow mint set.... this is what the diamond shaped, coin like, mint piece says as well as the info, is there a way to tell if these ones from 1992 were minted at St Petersburg or Moscow? or do they just mint them at both with the same dies? They have a really nice double headed eagle obverse.... and it comes in a really nice little folder/holder with info, and I only paid $3 USD for it, surprised I won actually for so low, but foreign mint sets at this shop sell cheap, I have some nice star of david specially minted Israel sets that I got for around $1 each a few years ago there..... and the most amazing deal on a set I ever got was for a 1974 Australian PROOF set, not a mint set like the others I am talking about, for only $3.25!!! these things were selling for $50USD and up on ebay even 5 years ago when I bought it....so that was a score, I still have it, I like it.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Ripley</b>, I always like Laotian coins and paper money for some reason, they have an interesting sickle and hammer symbol, but are just interesting in general. I only have one note from there and its unc, but common, and a couple coins. Cool North Korean one too.... I have one coin from there, but what I think is cooler than my little NK coin is the actual AK 47 rifle bayonet from North Korea I have in perfect condition, with a low serial # 0252... a cool collectors piece.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>here are some pics, not the best, I was in a hurry and my proper lighting setup is still down:[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="rexesq, post: 1142568, member: 5739"][b]Russia Mint Set[/b] Nice one [B]Siberian Man[/B], very cool design. I do not have any Papal coins in my collection, but something that may interest you, the other day at the coinshop, I checked the bids I had won from their little 'Bid Board' auction they have each week, and one thing I won was a 1992 St Petersburg and Moscow mint set.... this is what the diamond shaped, coin like, mint piece says as well as the info, is there a way to tell if these ones from 1992 were minted at St Petersburg or Moscow? or do they just mint them at both with the same dies? They have a really nice double headed eagle obverse.... and it comes in a really nice little folder/holder with info, and I only paid $3 USD for it, surprised I won actually for so low, but foreign mint sets at this shop sell cheap, I have some nice star of david specially minted Israel sets that I got for around $1 each a few years ago there..... and the most amazing deal on a set I ever got was for a 1974 Australian PROOF set, not a mint set like the others I am talking about, for only $3.25!!! these things were selling for $50USD and up on ebay even 5 years ago when I bought it....so that was a score, I still have it, I like it. [B]Ripley[/B], I always like Laotian coins and paper money for some reason, they have an interesting sickle and hammer symbol, but are just interesting in general. I only have one note from there and its unc, but common, and a couple coins. Cool North Korean one too.... I have one coin from there, but what I think is cooler than my little NK coin is the actual AK 47 rifle bayonet from North Korea I have in perfect condition, with a low serial # 0252... a cool collectors piece. here are some pics, not the best, I was in a hurry and my proper lighting setup is still down:[/QUOTE]
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