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  • Steve27Steve27 Posts: 13,274 ✭✭✭
    It will be interesting to see what they were able to do for that green spot on the second one.
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  • coinpicturescoinpictures Posts: 5,345 ✭✭✭


    << <i>It will be interesting to see what they were able to do for that green spot on the second one. >>



    No doubt. I was almost certain there would be residual damage because of it, and that would be enough for NGC to bodybag it...
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  • worldcoinguyworldcoinguy Posts: 3,019 ✭✭✭✭
    Wow – great results on both coins. The rouble is quite a success story – I hope you post some good pics. I would agree that you have a $2,000 coin at the least, probably 30+% more. I do not get a sense that the Russian market is cooling as of yet. If I were in your shoes, I would sell it and use the proceeds to reinforce my core collection in the next year, particularly if the market cools and prices are soft.
    Brent
  • SYRACUSIANSYRACUSIAN Posts: 6,461 ✭✭✭✭
    Agreed on the selling part, but not on cheapbay. There's nothing more satisfying than selling a $75 purchase for 20 or 30x, I've done it about 15-20 times a couple of years ago to raise funds for my new office. I would consign it to NEN though.



    Congrats on your NCS experiment.
    Dimitri



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  • Silvereagle82Silvereagle82 Posts: 1,219 ✭✭✭
    Great results !!!!
    I hope I'm that fortunate with my Salzburg taler. Talked to Chris today at NCS and it has been evaluated and is a excellent candidate for NGC grading. Fingers crossed.

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  • TwoKopeikiTwoKopeiki Posts: 9,737 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I'd say - keep it. It's a great coin. I believe that the amount of disposable income in Russia will only increase in the next 5-10 years, so the market will get stronger, before it gets weaker, IMO.

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  • worldcoinguyworldcoinguy Posts: 3,019 ✭✭✭✭
    It is interesting to hear perspectives from the US coin forum also. If you think you might regret it, perhaps you should put it away for 6 months and rethink it later.

    I have one solitary moon money story, and it also involves a Russian rouble. I picked up an 1881 rouble at the CICF show in Chicago back in the late 1990s. I found it in a 2x2 in a dealers case, marked at $40. It was obviously cleaned, but I knew the date was a scarce date, so I picked it up. At the time, $40 was not too far out of Krause range. I put it away until last year. It was a nice AU/UNC example, but everytime I looked at it I saw the cleaning. The unnaturally bright surfaces were overpowering all other positive attributes of the coin. I let it fly on eBay with no reserve thinking I would pull $200 out of it. It sold for $860. It just didn't feel right, but the buyer was very pleased. I couldnt be happier with the roubles I bought to replace it.

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