Not a coin that I normally see - check if it you happen to have it:

http://molotok.ru/catalog/lot/14178671

I was thinking that by 1992, all of the Soviet related themes would have been removed. By then currency deflation occured and 10 rubles is minted in a smaller planchet (similar to the 1991 1 ruble planchet but different edge) with the double headed eagle on the reverse. A few 10 rubles of such escaped from Leningrad mint I guess.

I think those are not too rare, you can see this person sells the whole set in UNC about couple dollars only http://www.delcampe.net/page/item/id,00149...language,E.html

Read the year carefully, I mentioned 1992 not 1991

1992-LMD bimetallic 10 Rubles is quite scarce. According to Russian references in BU worth $20-30. In reality may be even more.

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Similarly paper money was issued in 1992 in denominations of 50, 200, 500 and 1000 Rubles with the CCCP - SSSR designation. Postage stamps were changed over fairly quickly, but frankly at that time people had no idea what to call the country since the country they had for 80 + years no longer existed, and a new one had not quite yet stepped up to the plate and replaced it. When I received and sent mail from and to Russia I remember putting Former USSR on it for a while into mid 1992. After about the summer things settled in finally and the Russian government of Yeltsin began referring to the leftover country as Russia, and paper money and coins reflecting this were released shortly thereafter.

For a while in 1993-1994 there were 33 different types of paper money circulating in Russia, starting with the 1961 series of USSR rubles, then the 1991 and 1992 and finally the 1993 issues. This caused great confusion and counterfeiting was a huge problem.

Sorry for my inexperience. i have looked up teh Krause coin catalog and this coin is lsit as error and UNC is cost $80.00. May be current price is a bit different.


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Pretty interesting I guess. For those who have no idea about the transition from the last Soviet coins to the new Russian coins, here is an example:





All these planchets are similar with the exception of the 1992-3 10 rubles. There seems to be a rare version of alloy out there depending on the year.

I seem to have some unusual varities - will post them tomorrow when I have the time.

Now you know why the 10 rubles bimetal of 1992 is rather puzzling.

Thanks for the story Scottishmoney Usually I don't get to hear such stories of what happened during such times.