savok Posted August 18, 2008 Report Share Posted August 18, 2008 Coin number 1: http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb177/b...RUBLE-v1_LR.jpg http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb177/b...-details_LR.jpg Coin number 2: http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb177/b...RUBLE-v2_LR.jpg http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb177/b...-details_LR.jpg Nice surfaces, abrasion marks from being in a jar for many years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sturzny Posted August 28, 2008 Report Share Posted August 28, 2008 Well, not better, certainly. An AU coin should have a trace of rub on Alexander's beard and hair. The second coin has more than a trace. The first one could grade AU, although the scuffing is disconcerting. Who would store these coins in a jar anyway? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grivna1726 Posted August 28, 2008 Report Share Posted August 28, 2008 Who would store these coins in a jar anyway? An extremely rare 1565 Scottish silver ryal of Mary Stuart and Henry Darnley was sold at auction in the UK (Spink?) a few years back for megabucks. If memory is correct, it was kept for years with a lot of other loose coins in a jar or pottery and its historical and numismatic importance (and financial value) was unknown to the owners. Scottishmoney will no doubt be able to provide more information. You can see a photo and read about (another example of) this great rarity here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gxseries Posted August 28, 2008 Report Share Posted August 28, 2008 You know, it could have been stored by his grandparents and totally forgot about the whole lot. But then, wouldn't a ruble be worth a fair bit back then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grivna1726 Posted August 28, 2008 Report Share Posted August 28, 2008 You know, it could have been stored by his grandparents and totally forgot about the whole lot. But then, wouldn't a ruble be worth a fair bit back then? There was a time in the USSR when owning coins with portraits of Tsars was politically suspect (at best) and potentially very dangerous (at worst). Based on what I have read, keeping such things hidden and secret might well have been the prudent thing to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drusus Posted August 28, 2008 Report Share Posted August 28, 2008 I have bought pretty rare coins that were kept in a drawer in an ashtray...that had ash in it...go figure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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