Coins of Ivan the Terrible
A small miniature from the Russian annals of the 17th century depicts the process of…

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Old Russian monetary system
For quite a long time, the fact has been noticed that treasures belonging to the…

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Coins of the USSR and Russia
Numismatics (a hobby for collecting coins) is considered one of the most popular hobbies in…

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Western coins in the territory of Russia
From the middle of the tenth century, the mass distribution of silver coins of Western…

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were already minted

What is now in price on the numismatic market

The dollar is falling, and the ruble is growing stronger. Especially – old. Antique coins are sold at auctions for “big money”. So, at the Gelos auction before the new year, for five gold rubles of Alexander III, coinage in 1888 was paid 150 thousand, and for a silver dime of 1741 of unique preservation – 90 thousand rubles. A set of two trial kopecks in 1871 of a copper-nickel alloy with a portrait of Alexander I was bought for 120 thousand rubles.
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Recovery of monetary business in Russia
After a rather long period of coin-less commodity circulation, in 1380 under the Grand Duke…

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Coins of the island of Svalbard
A little story of a small place. Svalbard is a set of islands that are…

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Features storage collections of coins and stamps
Among other types of collecting, collecting coins is among the most complex and costly. Initially,…

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