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  1. Thank you very much Igor! This is an invaluable source of information!
  2. Thank you for the useful piece of info. I'll have a look. However, this still doesn't answer the question. In the Conros catalogue I've got a VF 1894 is listed at USD 1750, more than double many other dates. The only other two that come anywhere near are the 1892 and 1893 at USD 1250. Mind you, for these two dates no reliable mintage figures exist, as I mentioned in the previous message.
  3. I've been looking for this coin for a long time but it seems to be rather elusive. Does anybody know why this particular date is so rare and sought after? The mintage figure is just under 600 000 but I'm aware that, according to Severin, no official figures for 1892-94 are available from the Russian Imperial Mint and the mintage figures found in most catalogues can't be relied on. However, it strikes me as rather strange that this denomination should be so rare. After all, when it comes to the other denominations struck in 1894: the 10-rouble piece, the 1-rouble, the 50-kopeck and the 25-kopeck it's exactly the other way round - they appear to be a great deal more common than those struck between 1886-93! Besides, the 1894 denominations are believed to have been struck well into 1895! Something of a mystery, isn't it?
  4. In his book on the Russian silver coinage Bob Julian points out that the 1894 25 Kopeck coin was continued to be minted well into 1895, when the dies for the new 25 Kopeck Nicholas II coin were ready. Most probably this is the reason why the mintage figure isn't mentioned anywhere. By the way, the same applies to the 1894 50 Kopeck coin.
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