I am the "criminal"



I haven't uploaded these pictures yet but they will come up soon. I am somewhat close in collecting almost all of the Soviet silver coins except for a few commemorative 3 ruble coins (which I think I need another 4 or 5) and uncirculated silver olympics coins, which I am not going to attempt, thanks to the insane silver prices.

Actually I bought these sets pretty cheap, unlike now, which is currently going at insane prices. I always insisted in getting proper mint sets with the COAs, and hence these. I doubt I would be able to complete the rest though with my stubborn insistance, thanks to the hot market

Can't wait to see the closeups. These look terrific.

Yummy!

Great coins! The "Peters Navy"-coin is my favourite

Beautiful!

1988 set commemorating 1000 years of Old Russia coinage, literature, the architecture of the baptism of Russia:


Featuring the first silver coins minted in Vladimir


Featuring the St. Sophia Cathedral in Kiev


1989 (missing this set)


1990 set 500 years of Great Russian Empire - Peter I series.


Featuring the Peterpavloskaya fortess in St. Petersburg


Featuring the Great Peter I Navy with Peter I coin privy mark traditionally minted in Moscow Mint


1990 World Children Summit in New York (WHY???)




1990 250th anniversary of the opening of Russia-America (1st series)


Another irony that this was minted during the Soviet Union era, or rather the near end.


1991 (missing another set and the Russo-America 2nd series)


1991 Gagarin - 30th anniversary of the first pilot in space

Also well known as the penguin because of the way the monument is designed

Very nice coins

I've actually seen several of the subjects in real life

You have seen Petr I and Yurii Gagarin?

No and yes:

St. Sophia Cathedral in Kiev
the Peterpavloskaya fortess in St. Petersburg
Yurii Gagarin