jtryka Posted March 20, 2007 Report Share Posted March 20, 2007 Hi everyone! As the resident coin nut at work, everyone comes to me with their coin questions. A coworker brought in a proof set and asked me if it was worth anything, unfortunately I know little if anything about foreign coins, so maybe one of you can help. The set is in a hard plastic case, which fits in a cardboard sleeve and then into another cardboard box. The cardboard is a yellowish-brown. The plastic case contains 9 different coins, my guess on denominations would be 1-ruble, 50-kopek, 20-kopek, 15-kopek, 10-kopek, 5-kopek, 3-kopek, 2-kopek and 1-kopek. The set also has 2-medals, one which seems to depict the Leningrad mint, and the other simply says "set of coins 1978" on one side and I presume the same thing in Russian on the other side. Can anyone tell me anything about them, or what they might be worth? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottishmoney Posted March 20, 2007 Report Share Posted March 20, 2007 This is really not a "proof set" persay, but rather a proof-like set. These used to be $5 items, but nowadays they are going for a bit more because of the collectors in Russia that can freely buy them now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gxseries Posted March 22, 2007 Report Share Posted March 22, 2007 Probably a good 20 dollars or so but it really depends of the level of tarnish on the coins. Even though they are mint sets, Leningrand mint is notoriously well known for not testing these packages or coins throughly or just simply bad packaging and a fair amount of them are tarnished in such mint sets! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottishmoney Posted March 22, 2007 Report Share Posted March 22, 2007 Probably a good 20 dollars or so but it really depends of the level of tarnish on the coins. Even though they are mint sets, Leningrand mint is notoriously well known for not testing these packages or coins throughly or just simply bad packaging and a fair amount of them are tarnished in such mint sets! That said, it is not quite so unusual to find a stray Soviet finger print on them from the dyevushka that packaged them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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