The largest mints of the USSR
With the emergence of the Soviet Union, or rather, with its unification of individual republics,…

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From Pushkin to Gagarin
The once popular bimetallic commemorative 10-ruble coins are now fading into the background. For some…

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Coin Cabinet
Have you ever thought, respected coin collectors and just collectors, over where is the largest…

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The oldest coins of Russia
Trade relations in Ancient Russia emanated entirely from foreign coins, first East European, and then…

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The ruble of Emperor Constantine I from the Romanov dynasty

The most important mystery of this coin is that there has never been such an emperor like Constantine I, but there was a ruble of Constantine I! Not a single rare coin of that period is so popular with historians. She devoted a lot of handwritten works.

Grand Duke Constantine divorced Anna Feodorovna, his wife, after which he was married to Countess Grudzinskaya. Everyone thought that this marriage of the prince was unequal, and therefore he was accepted as “unacceptable”. Continue reading

First counterfeiters
Since the very first metallic banknotes were born, the counterfeiters began their activities. They used…

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Numismatic collection storage
The first problem that a numismatist faces when storing her collection is protection against thieves,…

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History of gold coins
Gold coins at all times were considered something akin to God. People fought for the…

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