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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;KSorbo, post: 2053319, member: 56370&quot;]After the Russian Revolution and resulting Civil War left the economy in shambles, the new Soviet government instituted the &quot;New Economic Policy&quot; (NEP) in the early 1920&#039;s.&nbsp; This policy allowed for free enterprise as well as the issuance of gold and silver based currency to replace the hyperinflated paper rubles that were circulating at the time.&nbsp; Although NEP was not in accordance with communist ideals, it was the only option the Bolsheviks had to prevent further economic collapse which would have caused them to lose power.</p><p><br /></p><p>After Stalin consolidated power in the late 1920&#039;s, the Soviet government moved away from NEP and instituted forced collectivization, nationalization of industry and all the other horrors of the USSR that we read about in our history books.&nbsp; A debased currency was an integral part of communism as it took economic power away from individuals and left it solely in the hands of the state.&nbsp; This explains why silver disappeared from Soviet coinage in the early 30&#039;s.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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