I never knew that they existed besides KM, EM, MM and SPB, but TM really threw me off and I had to check my catalogue... TM stands for Tauric mint and this is probably one of the scarce mint types to get hold of...

*bad for my $$$ *

Auction Link

My god... who knew that the prices would go so high...

The link doesn't work. But I saw yesterday the coin... Who says that only Proof coins are overevaluated???

Damn, eBay must be overloaded.

I guess that reply must be for the other post

If I remember well the bids for that TM kopeke were around 1800$...

1800USD?

Typing error: 180$
I've found it on ebay search: now the bids are at 505$!
http://cgi.ebay.fr/RUSSIA-1787-TM-5-kopeck...1QQcmdZViewItem

The link still doesn't work... open the ebay main page and put TM in coins search engine... and look at: RUSSIA 1787 TM 5 kopecks (Bit. R1) GUARANTEED ORIGINAL!

Yes, that is the coin that I am talking about. I guess eBay is getting overloaded these few days.

I was at the SNY auction today. Here was one that started at €200. I do not remember what it went for though. (I was too busy counting my expenses elsewhere! )

I have wanted one of these for a long time, having been minted in the Batkyvschynya.

Sold for €380.

THIS COIN HAS JUMPED IN PRICE.. EBAY SELLERS ASK $ 300 OR MORE .. LAST ONE WENT FOR $ 800 .. I BOUGHT ONE FOR $ 10 WITH A RECUT MINT MARK .. IT IS OBVIOUS UNDER A GLASS ..

So which mints are the scarcest?