STEVE MOULDING Posted March 14, 2011 Report Share Posted March 14, 2011 Not really my thing (in fact not at all...I know next to nothing about them). However...a collector in Finland contacted me through the RNS looking to sell his collection of over 100 russian banknotes from 1807 to 1909. He showed an image of a 5 ruble 1817, and also mentioned 5 ruble 1807, 1812, 1819, 1822, etc. Before he locates an auction house he wanted to know if anyone here might be interested in some/all of these. If anyone's interested please send me a PM and I'll send you his contact info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saor Alba Posted March 14, 2011 Report Share Posted March 14, 2011 I hope he really researches those before he sells them, 19th century notes from Russia go for some fairly steep prices. Even the garden varieties from 1894 series go pretty high. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gxseries Posted March 14, 2011 Report Share Posted March 14, 2011 I believe some of the earlier banknotes are so called the Napoleon counterfeits? Even so, they are worth a bit. Definitely interesting to see the photos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterShell Posted March 14, 2011 Report Share Posted March 14, 2011 Yes Steve, Love to see the list and proposal of prices ..or price for everything? Will contact you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhino Posted March 14, 2011 Report Share Posted March 14, 2011 I'm currently emailing with the seller, and got a few prices on some of his items (haven't seen photos yet, just prices he's looking to get) and a majority is in the $1,000+ range, some $2,000+ as expected, couple in the $4,000-$9,300... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STEVE MOULDING Posted March 14, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2011 Yes Steve, Love to see the list and proposal of prices ..or price for everything? Will contact you. I really know nothing more than what I posted. It was a general inquiry from him with a couple of photos (no prices). I don't know the guy, have no idea what he's got, but can provide his email address to interested parties, which he's happy for me to do. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicholasz219 Posted March 16, 2011 Report Share Posted March 16, 2011 Steve, Unless you have someone that is selling the banknotes for $100 for the whole lot, please don't tease those of us who are broke as it is. I need another sub-collection like I need to develop a drug addiction. Sincerely, Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhino Posted March 17, 2011 Report Share Posted March 17, 2011 Steve, Unless you have someone that is selling the banknotes for $100 for the whole lot, please don't tease those of us who are broke as it is. I need another sub-collection like I need to develop a drug addiction. Sincerely, Nick If you've seen the prices on the list that the Finnish guy has for the banknotes, you'll quickly realize that developing a drug addiction (or two) is much cheaper than getting your hands on even a couple of those banknotes Here's a list of notes from 1866-1899 (I requested that range from him)... sorry if the lines are a little messed up, just follow in a straight line. 1 Ruble 1866 220.00 € 308.00 USD 3 Rubles 1866 1,100.00 € 1,540.00 USD 5 Rubles 1866 1,320.00 € 1,848.00 USD 5 Rubles 1872 1,320.00 € 1,848.00 USD 1 Ruble 1872 990.00 € 1,386.00 USD 1 Ruble 1874 1,320.00 € 1,848.00 USD 1 Ruble 1876 1,980.00 € 2,771.00 USD 10 Rubles 1874 770.00 € 1,078.00 USD 1 Ruble 1876 1,980.00 € 2,771.00 USD 3 Rubles 1876 550.00 € 770.00 USD 5 Rubles 1876 1,980.00 € 2,771.00 USD 3 Rubles 1878 1,210.00 € 1,694.00 USD 5 Rubles 1878 605.00 € 847.00 USD 1 Ruble 1880 1,760.00 € 2,463.00 USD 3 Rubles 1880 1,210.00 € 1,694.00 USD 1 Ruble 1882 990.00 € 1,386.00 USD 3 Rubles 1882 1,210.00 € 1,694.00 USD 5 Rubles 1882 1,980.00 € 2,771.00 USD 10 Rubles 1882 1,870.00 € 2,618.00 USD 1 Ruble 1884 990.00 € 1,386.00 USD 3 Rubles 1884 1,980.00 € 2,771.00 USD 5 Rubles 1884 1,320.00 € 1,848.00 USD 1 Ruble 1886 220.00 € 308.00 USD 5 Rubles 1890 880.00 € 1,232.00 USD 3 Rubles 1892 495.00 € 693.00 USD 1 Ruble 1892 495.00 € 693.00 USD 3 Rubles 1892 495.00 € 693.00 USD 5 Rubles 1892 3,080.00 € 4,310.00 USD 25 Rubles 1892 6,600.00 € 9,237.00 USD 3 Rubles 1894 495.00 € 693.00 USD 10 Rubles 1894 1,650.00 € 2,309.00 USD 1 Ruble 1895 385.00 € 539.00 USD 3 Rubles 1895 660.00 € 924.00 USD 1 Ruble 1898 88.00 € 88.00 USD 1 Ruble 1898 55.00 € 123.00 USD 5 Rubles 1898 220.00 € 308.00 USD 5 Rubles 1898 220.00 € 308.00 USD 5 Rubles 1898 220.00 € 308.00 USD 10 Rubles 1898 330.00 € 462.00 USD 25 Rubles 1899 1,320.00 € 1,848.00 USD 1 Ruble 1865 2,530.00 € 3,540.00 USD 10 Rubles 1898 660.00 € 924.00 USD 10 Rubles 1898 220.00 € 308.00 USD 25 Rubles 1889 1,320.00 € 1,848.00 USD 3 Rubles 1898 320.00 € 448.00 USD 1 Ruble 1874 1,320.00 € 1,848.00 USD 3 Rubles 1884 990.00 € 1,385.00 USD 1 Ruble 1898 55.00 € 77.00 USD 1 Ruble 1895 385.00 € 539.00 USD 3 Rubles 1880 1,210.00 € 1,693.00 USD 3 Rubles 1884 1,430.00 € 2,001.00 USD 1 Ruble 1880 1,320.00 € 1,848.00 USD 3 Rubles 1898 165.00 € 230.00 USD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STEVE MOULDING Posted March 17, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2011 If you've seen the prices on the list that the Finnish guy has for the banknotes, you'll quickly realize that developing a drug addiction (or two) is much cheaper than getting your hands on even a couple of those banknotes Here's a list of notes from 1866-1899 (I requested that range from him)... : Are these expensive?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhino Posted March 17, 2011 Report Share Posted March 17, 2011 Are these expensive?? The prices for these notes in general, not just from this guy, are expensive. Notes from before 1898 are extremely hard to find because they all got burned sometime in the period between 1896 and 1897 (literally, millions and millions of paper roubles were collected by the government as a way to control inflation and massive burnings were arranged to get rid of them) and all the people who turned notes in got in exchange the new series notes, which were 1898-issue notes). So basically any remaining notes on today's market that are from before 1898 are all notes that for some reason did not make it to that fire, and would have been void after 1898 when the new series was used. These notes don't come to the market too often, and when they do prices can go anywhere.... I mean all it takes is two people who really really want that early 1890s rouble or 1880s rouble to send prices flying. I'm not even sure how many of those notes survive today, or what a real "fair" price for them is. If you look at Krause, for example, most of those notes will have blanks in the price estimates because they can sell for anything. The Finnish collector can pretty much ask for any number, and it may be reasonable for someone out there who has been craving this note forever and has never seen one come to market. But it's extraordinarily expensive to put together that pre-1898 collection, it would cost 5 figures to put together the collection he has (assuming they're all original... which I'm hesitant to do). These notes can sell for thousands, and many of them have been counterfeited as a result. When you're buying one of these, you better know exactly what you're doing, and especially what the watermarks are supposed to look like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STEVE MOULDING Posted March 17, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2011 Great answer. Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
one-kuna Posted March 18, 2011 Report Share Posted March 18, 2011 what is the prices on Napoleonic forgeries from this guy, pls list few, thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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