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Impulse Buy - 1924 Rouble

ZoharZohar Posts: 6,720 ✭✭✭✭✭
Completely out of my area of focus. I bought this from a very nice forum member, simply liked the design and toning.

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Habsburg Talers

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    ajaanajaan Posts: 17,975 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I've always found the design cool. Haven't see too many toned though. Looks nice.

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    HyperionHyperion Posts: 7,490 ✭✭✭
    old bad photo of a coin I used to own:

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    I used to have a great 1r purchased by a forum member, I hope the post a pic here image

    Great designs in that Era.
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    JCMhoustonJCMhouston Posts: 5,306 ✭✭✭
    Glad to see I'm not the only one with no self control. image
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    WeissWeiss Posts: 9,942 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Love those early iconic communist themes.
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    determineddetermined Posts: 771 ✭✭✭
    Wonderful contrast toning!
    I collect history in the form of coins.
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    WillieBoyd2WillieBoyd2 Posts: 5,400 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I have two of these "Soviet Labor" coins, this is the one in better shape:

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    worldcoinguyworldcoinguy Posts: 3,064 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Nice piece Zohar. The patina and grey colors support the theme well don't they? There are some amazing rouble designs over the years, but I am a fan of the pre-1917 myself.
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    SyracusianSyracusian Posts: 6,537 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Zohar, that rouble was an impulse purchase for me too at NYINC 2008, as well as a colorful 1926 version of Hyperion's poltina, both raw. Worldcoinguy is right, they can't compare to Czarist roubles, but the naivete of these early Communist designs as well as their reasonable prices make them irresistable.

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    SyracusianSyracusian Posts: 6,537 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited double post.
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    ZoharZohar Posts: 6,720 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Dimitri - yours are PHENOMENAL!
    Let us know if you plan to let them go.
    Be well,
    Zohar
    Habsburg Talers

    TalerUniverse.com is a curated numismatic project dedicated to the silver talers, crowns, and medals of the Habsburg Empire and the Holy Roman Empire, spanning the 16th–18th centuries. The collection emphasizes historically significant issues, rare mint varieties, and high-grade NGC/PCGS examples, presented with detailed historical context, scholarly references, and high-resolution photography. TalerUniverse aims to serve both as a private collection showcase and a growing reference resource for collectors, researchers, and students of early-modern European coinage.
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    lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 45,153 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I've always found the design cool. Haven't see too many toned though. Looks nice. >>

    What ajaan said, in every particular.

    Best I've had was a raw, dark grey XF-ish one with rim damage.

    Collector since 1976. On the CU forums here since 2001.

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    lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 45,153 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Dimitri - yours are PHENOMENAL! >>

    I'll second that. 'Course I'm not very surprised, considering the owner.

    Collector since 1976. On the CU forums here since 2001.

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    SyracusianSyracusian Posts: 6,537 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Dimitri - yours are PHENOMENAL!
    Let us know if you plan to let them go.
    Be well,
    Zohar >>





    Oh thank you, and you too Rob. I clearly remember picking up the 50K on my way to K.Stephens' table where I found the rouble. Slabbed them sold them, gone. I actually repurchased the rouble a few months later, but that too is gone. I was thinking of posting a "regrets" thread with all the coins I sold but still like....

    Anyway, they sell for less now, than 2-3 years ago. Just like elsewhere, once novice collectors (Russian in this case) have it all, the prices decline sharply. Their focus shifted to worldcoinguy's beauties.
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    coinsarefuncoinsarefun Posts: 21,781 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Yes, I love them tooimage



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    Another fun one is

    1913 Nicholas II Romanov Dynasty Rouble MS64 OLD ANACS Holder


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