Which coins are rising in price. What coins can bring profit to a novice numismatist?

Nowadays, more than ever, numismatics is experiencing a real boom. The demand for coins has increased greatly, but so has the supply. There are several dozen forums and shops on the Internet where coins are bought and sold, any local newspaper contains several advertisements for the purchase of antiques, notice boards necessarily contain several advertisements from resellers. Against the background of this, an ordinary man in the street has a thought in his brain: “are the coins worth something, because there are so many people who want to buy them.”

Naturally, this statement is not entirely true. As a rule, in 99 percent of cases, a reseller will not be interested in your coins, and there will be no buyer for them on the numismatic market. All that is stored in the “piggy banks” of ordinary citizens are very common coins, the price of which is 100 rubles per kilogram. Common coins include coins 1961-1991(only a few of them are of interest), about half of the coins from the period from 1921 to 1957, most of the Empire coins from the 19th and 20th centuries, and the “trend” of today is modern coins from circulation.

With all this, there are coins that are in demand on the numismatic market. Rare modern coins, some coins from the period 1961-1991, coins in good condition 1921-1957, copper coins 18th century and some 19th century, Empire silver (especially in good condition). Today it is not a problem to determine the value of the coins you have using the Internet; you just need to enter the denomination of the coin, the year of its issue and the mint into the search. Anything roughly worth more than $10 can be purchased by someone. This is where the question arises - does it make sense to sell coins today, or should you wait 3-5 years (or more) and sell coins at a higher price? I will describe my point of view on this situation on coins of different periods. This is just my opinion, you can ignore it, or you can take it into account.

• Modern common trifle. It will never be expensive. Will have a relative value less than today's face value.
• Anniversary coins 10 rubles. As soon as the production of “anniversary tens” stops, the number of collectors will decrease several times (most collectors are ordinary people who collect a collection without buying coins). As a result - cost of commemorative coins will fall sharply.
• Modern " rare coins» 2003 and 2001(for now). Their cost will increase in proportion to rising prices.
• 1961 reform coins. Cheap coins will remain cheap for a very long time, expensive coins will most likely increase in value more than inflation.
• Coins 1921-1957– coins in poor condition will cost even less (tons of them appear on the market every year), coins in excellent condition will most likely increase in price, since collectible coins are unlikely to increase in quantity.
• Copper coins of the Empire in poor condition– at least they won’t lose value, but it will be difficult to sell them.
• Copper coins in very good condition most likely they will rise in price along with inflation and there will always be demand for them.
• Rare copper coins may increase in price relative to inflation, although their number increases from time to time.
• Cheap silver coins Empire will increase in price at the rate of inflation.
• Very expensive collectible silver coins They can either fall in price or rise in price. Everything will depend on the financial climate in the country.
• Gold coins Most likely, prices will rise slightly relative to inflation, but not significantly.

Information about the rarest and most expensive coins modern Russia You can find plenty on the Internet, but not every novice numismatist will be able to understand such a huge flow of contradictory information. In this article, in order to systematize knowledge and make it easier to work with it, valuable banknotes are systematized into several groups. In the following lists you can find both collectible rarities worth up to 500 thousand rubles, as well as less expensive items that should be looked for in your cash flow.

Important! All prices are approximate; the actual selling price may differ significantly from the indicated price. .

To search for rare rubles and kopecks, you need to understand the following mandatory elements of regularly minted metal banknotes:

• Coin denomination marked on the reverse side with a number and a word.
• Year of minting(issue date) indicated on front side, in the lower part (under the eagle on rubles, under the image of St. George the Victorious on kopecks).
• Sign mint(MD)- letter designation of the enterprise where the banknote was minted: MMD or M - Moscow Mint, SPMD or SP - St. Petersburg Mint.

The following elements are indicated in the photo:

Now you can go through your piggy banks and stashes, armed with the following catalog.

Catalog of the rarest and most valuable coins of Russia

The catalog shows approximate prices for coins in safety from XF to UNC.

The legends behind the appearance of most of the coins listed in this list at auctions say that they were found completely by accident. But this is hard to believe, since the most expensive copies were minted in only 1-2 pieces. Therefore, you should not hope that you can get them into your collection by going through small change. But everyone has a chance to find rubles from 2003, as well as kopecks from 2017, in their wallet! For example, in 2003, about 15 thousand coins were minted in denominations of 1, 2 and 5 rubles. of each type, and after a few years this money was in circulation, every year there are lucky ones who get these expensive coins.

List of expensive coins

In the following list we have collected less expensive modern coins. They are infrequent, their price is over 100 rubles per copy

But when using this table to evaluate coins, one must take into account that it will be relevant for money that does not have significant scratches and abrasions (safety is not lower than “XF” (excellent)), and it is better if they have a smooth surface and shine (“UNC”) . In this case, the cost of the listed banknotes may increase to 1 thousand rubles.

Valuable varieties

Do you want to delve deeper into the study of Russian coins? To do this you will need a magnifying glass and a catalog of varieties. The differences in some varieties are microscopic, and understanding them will not be easy. Although there are simple and at the same time very valuable options, photos and prices, which are shown below.

10 rubles

In 2010, the St. Petersburg Mint used two types of dies for minting tens. The usual version has a pronounced groove between the lines and the inner wall of the zero, and in a rare type, the lines inside the zero touch its walls. Rare 10 rubles cost about 1000 rubles.

Up to 30 thousand there are tens of 2012 (MMD) with thick extreme lines at zero. In ordinary variants these lines are thin.

Among the chervonets of 2013, you should look for expensive specimens with a three in date with a straight tail looking down (without a thickening at the end). You can sell this option for 300 thousand rubles.

1 ruble

Among the numerous rubles with the date “1997”, you should choose copies with the letters “MMD” and an edge wider than the standard one. A leaf on the side opposite the eagle will tell us whether the edge is wide or not. If it is partially closed, the edge is wide. Such a ruble will cost up to 6 thousand rubles.

In 1998, a version of the ruble with a wide edge was also produced, but its width was slightly smaller compared to 1997, so the edge of the expensive version barely touches the leaf. Price - up to 2.5 thousand.

10 kopecks

If you get your hands on a 2001 SP 10 kopeck coin, then carefully examine the cloak of St. George the Victorious. Longitudinal folds on the cloak will make it possible to sell 10 kopecks for 1-2 thousand rubles.

10 kopecks 2002 SP also has a rare variant. A valuable specimen has an edged bottom sheet, it costs 800-1000 rubles.

5 kopecks

5 kopecks issued in 2002 and 2003 may not have a mint mark. The letterless version of 2002 is estimated at up to 6,000 rubles, the price of 2003 is up to 2,000 rubles.

1 kopeck

The 2004 kopek with the letter M has two options. The more valuable one costs up to 1000 rubles; it has double reins.

Which coins are expensive?

We’ve sorted out the lists of expensive coins by year and valuable varieties, but there are still a number of banknotes that can be sold for significantly more than their face value.

Money without traces of circulation and with stamp shine

Until 2009, rubles were minted on blanks from an alloy of copper and nickel. Such blanks, unlike the steel circles used in recent years, are soft. After spending even a short time in circulation, such copper-nickel rubles will lose their shine and become covered with micro-scratches. Therefore, among numismatists, rubles from 1997 to 2009 issued in “uncirculated” condition, that is, uncirculated, are especially valued. Their cost is usually above 100 rubles; in some cases, the sale price at auction reaches 1000 rubles.

Anniversary and commemorative banknotes

All commemorative coins from base metals, which are in circulation, are worth more than their face value. The main thing is that their condition is not very deplorable. Thus, 1 ruble with Pushkin costs about 600 rubles, 2 rubles from the 2000 series “Hero Cities” are valued at 100 rubles. And individual anniversary tens cost over 10 thousand. The most expensive ones include 10 rubles of 2010 “Chechen Republic”, “Yamalo-Nenets autonomous region" and "Perm Territory". There are also very valuable varieties, for example, 2 rubles "Gagarin" without the letters of the coin factory, its price is up to 20 thousand.

Defective and non-standard money

Small sagging, roughness and unevenness on the coin field, as well as poorly visible (unstruck) dates, letters and MD icons, are usually worth nothing. You need to hunt for pronounced unique defects.

More common types of defects, which cost on average from 100 to 1000 rubles, include:

• Stamp split: during minting, the metal of the blank fills the crack in the stamp, so a protruding line is formed on the coin;
• Unminted: the stamp wears out, which leads to the leveling of the relief. For example, often there is no date on dozens of 2012. But only coins in which at least one side is almost completely unminted have a value higher than their nominal value.
• Vykus: The circle that has already been punched out is re-punched, so the coin has one or more holes on the edge.
• Turn: One side is rotated relative to the other. Turns of 90 and 180 degrees are considered more valuable.
• Bias: its cause is the incorrect position of the workpiece during embossing, so the image is shifted from the center.
• Sheet edge, chips, chips, stamp contamination and many others.

The following defects are no longer so easy to detect. Their price starts from 1 thousand rubles.

• Multiple Strike: such defects appear due to additional blows to the workpiece with a stamp. The second blow follows with a displacement, the coin loses the shape of an even circle.
• Incidental marriage: it is also called “zalipukha”, minted banknote sticks and acts as a stamp, minting its own image on the next blank, but in a mirror form.
• One-sided embossing.
• Double-sided print: obverse-obverse or reverse-reverse.
• Non-standard blanks: minting coins into blanks of non-standard size, weight, alloy.
• A combination of several types of marriage.

Where to sell?

Do you want to profitably sell rare and valuable coins? Then go to the largest numismatist forums, where you will need time to gain experience and also earn the trust of collectors. And only then will you be able to sell your finds at the highest price remotely at auctions on such forums.

17.02.2018

There is an opinion that investing in coins is definitely profitable, but this opinion is wrong; investing in coins will often be more unprofitable for you than you will be able to save your money. However, there are some coins that grow in price over time; one might even say it is profitable to invest free funds in them.

How profitable is it for the buyer to invest in investment coins? It depends on world metal prices. In banks, prices for bullion coins are more stable than for metal bullion. Banks do not change the exchange rate for coins as quickly as for metal; they prefer to work with coins in a long currency position. Therefore, sometimes a situation arises when coins can be bought more profitably than a bullion of the same weight. During such periods, experienced investors purchase coins. During the recent crisis, coins gave profitability from 18 to 55% per annum. Sometimes the purchase price of a coin is quite low, this happens when some mints are undervalued, which later become more popular. Then you can get extremely high profits on these coins. But in order to skillfully play on such a difference, you need to have numismatic knowledge.

Gold coins of the Empire. Gold coins are gold because they will never cost less than the weight of the gold spent on them. At the same time, gold coins Russian Empire quite rare. Their number is unlikely to increase over time. For this reason, there has been an increase in both the gold product and the coin. At the same time, gold coins are relatively easy to store (unlike copper coins), so even after decades they will look the same as they do now.

Gold in modern world does not serve as a measure of the value of any thing. The price for it is expressed in inflationary currencies. The current price level is far from the record set in 1980 – $1,500 per ounce. Gold has been in a downward trend for 20 years now. At the end of last year, analyzing the gold price chart, most investors noticed that gold was the best investment. Over the past 40 years, oil has increased in price only 25 times, the stock market has increased 12 times, and the price of gold has increased 35 times. Such trends have led to forecasts about the cost of gold above $1,500.

Silver coins of the Russian Empire. Buying as an investment is only worth it rare coins and in excellent condition. The main principle of consideration when choosing a suitable coin for investment is whether it is possible to increase their number on the market. If a coin is relatively common, even in good condition, then their number gradually increases thanks to treasure hunters. Rare coins, even if they surface somewhere, do so in very small quantities.

Copper coins of the Russian Empire. For some reason, people invest most of their money in these coins, believing that “ antique coin"will always be valuable. Meanwhile, the price of copper coins has almost halved compared to 2008. But, it is quite possible to invest in some coins and even get a little from it in the future. Naturally, these coins should only be in excellent or very good condition. Such coins include: “drum pennies”, rare varieties of “ring nickels”, coins of 1796 (which are rare).

It is absolutely not worth investing your capital in various dug up copper coins in poor condition...

Which coins are best for a beginner to invest in?? Experts do not advise starting with expensive ones collectible coins. It is best to purchase investment coins with an optimal ratio of the value of the coin to the amount of precious metal. Here you need to be able to correctly assess the prospects of investing a coin - take into account the circulation of the coin, the specific gravity of the precious metal and other parameters.

Some tips when buying coins:

The right choice of coins for investment can lead to tangible results in 2-3 years, and not in a hypothetical 50 years. Of the Euro sets, there are some very rare ones that can be purchased. Simple, not rare sets are not worth purchasing for investment purposes.

It is necessary to focus on expensive and rare coins issued in small editions.

Pay attention to some euro coins, issued for circulation in a small circulation; they already cost tens of times more than their face value, and will become more expensive every year.

Olympic coins dedicated to Sochi 2014 

Series of coins issued for EURO 2012 

Product range of Australian silver bullion coins for 2014 Year of the Horse 999 fine.

If you do purchase modern investment coins, you need to follow certain rules in order for the investment to become successful in the future.

• Always keep the coin in the package without opening it.
• Remember that when selling a coin you will need to spend money on an appraiser.
• Keep in mind that if there is an urgent need to sell, the coin can be handed over to the nearest pawnshop at the price of scrap: the price may be lower or higher than the bank price.
• It is better to buy one large coin than several small ones: it is easier to sell it later.
• It is better to purchase original coins.
• Remember that when taking coins out of the country, there are certain rules that you should familiarize yourself with in advance.

At the moment, it is unclear what coins will be valuable in a few years, but we still want to find them. First, let's remember some of the features that make a coin valuable and rare.
The first feature is the small circulation in which the coin was issued.
The second feature is the absence of a mint stamp, that is, BOMD (absence of a mint stamp). We have only two of them in Russia - MMD (Moscow Mint) and LMD, or as it is also called SPMD (Leningrad or St. Petersburg Mint).
The third feature is coins that should not have been put into circulation, which were mistakenly issued by some mint and by chance ended up in circulation.
The fourth feature is the offset of the mint mark. For example, in almost all coins of a certain year the stamp is located in a strictly defined place, but in some it is slightly shifted. You will understand this yourself if you find 2 coins of the same denomination and year of issue, one of which is common, the other rare, the location of the stamp will be different. You will see a difference, albeit not a big one.
The fifth feature may lie in the properties of the coin, that is, if you look deeper, in its composition. These are the magnetic and non-magnetic properties of the coin. For example, in any given year, coins of the same denomination were issued, but by different mints, therefore, with different compositions, and therefore properties (magnetic and non-magnetic).

The sixth feature is the wide or narrow, flat or stepped edge of the coin. The edging is a kind of “border” of the coin. The wide edge, in turn, is divided into stepped (it will appear convex) and also flat (it will appear flattened). How to distinguish a wide edge from a narrow one? It's simple. For example, find a 1 ruble coin from 1997 (by the way, this year the coins were issued with defects and some of them are now valuable and rare) and look at the reverse of the coin (where the denomination of the coin is written), in the upper right corner of the coin you will see a curl . If the curl seems to go into the edge and comes out a little lower, then it is a wide edge, but if the curl just barely reaches the edge, then, alas, it is narrow.
The seventh feature is defective coins. After all, marriage among coins is a rare case, especially in our time, when technology has improved and mints make fewer mistakes. Defective coins are considered unique by numismatists. The fewer coins that were issued with defects, the greater their uniqueness. That is why such coins are valuable.

Photo materials taken from the site www.darudar.ru

I won’t just tell you about the most expensive ones Russian coins, namely those that can be found in wallets. About rare and therefore expensive coins that can be encountered by anyone when receiving change in a store, or can be found in a pile of “unnecessary” small items when sorting out one’s stashes and broken piggy banks. Agree, it is very pleasant to learn that the coin costs not 5 kopecks, as it is written on it, but 15 - 20 thousand rubles. But to do this, you need to know which coins are expensive and how to distinguish them from other little things that are in front of you.

When examining existing coins, the general scheme of actions is as follows - since the denomination of the coin is immediately clear, so first of all we look at the year, then at the possible signs that are inherent in expensive varieties and, finally, at how the coin is made; some coin defects are very much valued by collectors. Now about all this in detail

1, 2 and 5 rubles of 2003, thousands of these coins were received as change and subsequently sold at the indicated prices.

1. The most expensive coins of Russia found in monetary circulation

1, 2 and 5 rubles 2003. In 2003, only penny denominations were minted in mass circulation. But at the St. Petersburg Mint a small number of 1, 2 and 5 ruble coins were produced to compile annual souvenir sets. Even colorful packaging envelopes were printed dedicated to the 300th anniversary of St. Petersburg, but unknown reasons everything fell apart. Collectors never saw them, and the delegations who came to celebrate the anniversary were left without gifts. As a result, all 15 thousand coins of each denomination were packed into bank bags and sent to storage, where they safely remained for almost three years. And only in March 2006, ruble denominations with the date 2003 began to appear in ordinary monetary circulation, causing a shock among numismatists. After all, before this it was believed that they simply did not exist, like, say, coins from 2001. Since then, prices for them have been constantly rising, now reaching 30 thousand for 1 ruble coin and 20 thousand each for 2 and 5 ruble coins. New coins are found all the time, some will dig them up in a jar, some will get them as change, but every year there are fewer and fewer of them. Maybe you'll get lucky! Look and look for the treasured numbers 2003.

5 rubles 1999. This is a ghost coin, at the moment there are only 3 known copies. Officially, the Central Bank denies that they were issued, although all three coins are undoubtedly genuine and made at SPMD. The only question is why and how they later got into monetary circulation, and not for melting down. At least one of those sellers who put them up for sale for 210,000 rubles. tried to convince the “numismatic community” that he received this five in a minibus. Maybe so, although you can’t say anything for the sake of an extra hundred thousand rubles. But if you believe it, look... for information: for the first two years of minting new coins, 1997 - 1998. They released so many 5-ruble notes that they were not produced for ten years until 2008. In 2002, they were issued only for souvenir sets (if you suddenly come across them, the price is 10 thousand rubles), I wrote about 2003 above. There are single copies of 5 rubles from 2001 and 2006, also genuine and also with a very vague history of appearance.

5 kopecks 1999. At the moment, there are only about 5 of them in the collections of numismatists; all were found among ordinary coins, more than ten years after issue. They first became famous in 2013, after a certain granny “attached” a bag of unnecessary change to a local merchant at one of the flea markets in Kemerovo. Having reviewed it, he discovered 5 kopecks from 1999, which were considered non-existent until that moment. The sale of the coin was carried out through the online forum of numismatists, the bidding began at 600 thousand rubles and at the figure of 300,000 the seller’s “wants” and the buyer’s desires coincided numerically.

Where did these two rarities with the date 1999 come from? Perhaps, when SPMD prepared new stamps for 1999, they carried out operational tests and finished coins of all denominations, as usual, were mixed with the total circulation dated 1998. And everything would have been fine if The Central Bank suddenly decided not to mint these denominations in 1999. The batch of coins on which the new stamps with three nines in the date were tested has already been distributed to the regions, and “reinforcements” in the form of the main circulation did not follow. So it’s quite likely that hundreds of other such nickels and nickels are still waiting in the wings, resting in little capsules.

Bimetallic coins of 2010 - Perm region, Chechnya, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug. In 2010, according to the Central Bank's plan, it was planned to issue all 10 ruble coins in the “Regions of Russia” series in a regular circulation of 10 million pieces. But interruptions in the supply of bimetallic blanks to the MD disrupted these plans. The minting of Perm Territory coins stopped at around 200 thousand pieces. With an even smaller circulation, 100 thousand copies each, coins dedicated to the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug and the Chechen Republic were released.

With a certain amount of luck, they can be found in circulation; after all, they were released for circulation, and most of them ended up there. The only question is how long they stayed there. In any case, you need to know their approximate cost. Ten dedicated Perm region is estimated at 3000 rubles. The most expensive coin in the selection is “Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug”, its price reaches 12,000 rubles. But if you come across a “Chechen Republic”, that’s also good, collectors buy them for 10,000 rubles. per piece.

So, we looked through the coins, if we didn’t find rare combinations of the year and denomination, don’t be upset, the fun begins - the search for varieties that are typical only for a small part of the circulation.

1 ruble 1997 and 1998 - wide edge, a very rare and expensive variety.

2. Expensive varieties of Russian coins. Rare versions

1 ruble 1997 and 1998 - wide edge. Among the 1 ruble coins minted in 1997, a variety that is of particular interest to collectors is one that appears on only one in ten thousand ruble coins of that year. It can be easily identified by its edging - it is much wider than that of ordinary coins. This difference is clearly visible on the denomination side. Part of the top right leaf is covered by the edge, whereas on most coins the leaf only slightly touches it. But that’s not all, there are two known options for making a wide edge. The most common design is in the form of a step; the price of such an example on the numismatic market is 3 - 4 thousand rubles. The second option, with a flat wide edging, is much less common. For such a coin in good condition you can get more than 10 thousand rubles. So don’t be lazy looking through ruble coins in search of an expensive variety. A similar, but less pronounced wide edge is also found on rubles from 1998 - the issue price is 6 thousand rubles

2 rubles 2001 Gagarin - without monogram. In 2001, for the 40th anniversary of Yu. Gagarin's flight into space, a commemorative two ruble coin. Minting was carried out at both the Moscow and St. Petersburg mints. This is evidenced by the monograms MMD and SPMD placed on the side with the denomination, which is located among the leaves, slightly to the right of the number 2. But specimens without a monogram are very rarely found; their price among collectors reaches 12,000 rubles. Apparently they looked through it and didn’t put a monogram on one of the stamps. As a result, several tens of thousands of coins ended up in circulation unregistered. If you buy such a copy for your collection, be careful, there are often fakes. “Masters” simply cut off the monogram from ordinary Gagarin rubles in order to deceive numismatists.

5 kopecks 2002 and 2003- without a monogram There are rare varieties among the 5 kopeck coins of 2002 and 2003. This is due to the absence on part of the circulation of the designation of the mint where the coin was produced. That is, the letters SP or M under the front left hoof. If you come across such a coin from 2003, its cost is 3,000 rubles, the 2002 coins without a monogram are much more expensive in this place, they can be sold for 10 thousand rubles.

5 kopecks 2002 and 2003 - without mint mark (the letter M is missing under the horse's hoof).

These are only the main and most valuable varieties, but if you are interested in going deeper into the topic, you can look at a few more examples from what is on the site:

• 10 kopecks 2001– raincoat with transverse folds – price 3000 rubles
• 50 kopecks 2003. - SPMD, the bud does not touch the five - the price is 500 rubles.
• 10 rubles 2010– the lines inside the zero touch the walls – the price is 1000 rubles.

3. Defective coins, with various types of technological defects

This refers to coins that received various defects due to violations of production technology during the minting process, but were not rejected by the mint’s control system and entered regular monetary circulation. In appearance, these are the most ordinary coins, there was just some kind of glitch during their production. This does not happen often and therefore they are highly valued among collectors. The larger the defect, the more expensive it is.

Minted on non-standard blanks - color, size. This happens when the array of blanks on which coins are minted includes circles intended for a different denomination, although they are close, but still differ in size, and sometimes in metal. For example, yellowish brass blanks for 50 kopecks (19.5 mm) are only a millimeter smaller than nickel blanks for 1 ruble. This happens sometimes, although not often.

This ruble (see below), according to the first owner of the coin, was brought from the post office. The girl, the cashier at the counter, was very depressed that one of the rubles that she had prepared for change to the client was a strange yellow color and somehow small. A young man standing next to her in line suggested that she replace this ruble with his ten. A few days later, on a numismatic forum, this copy was sold for almost 30,000 rubles, which is not a small thing and nice. The postwoman was rewarded tenfold for her attentiveness, and the young man received thousands of times more just for knowing the “price of the issue” and understanding coins. In the end, both were very pleased with themselves.

Sometimes the minting of ruble coins includes inner circles for bimetallic coins, which are significantly thicker than standard blanks; the price for such heavy rubles can reach 20 thousand rubles.

Double strike with image shift. Double strike is a very rare minting defect. It appears as a result of a repeated impact with the press on a ready-made coin. This is possible when it is partially stuck in the stamp. When the image is re-applied, it is obtained with some shift, and the greater the shift, the higher the value of such a coin among collectors. In fact, at the mint, such defects are screened out and sent for melting. But the coins, even with slight displacements, may well slip through not very vigilant inspectors. With circulations of hundreds of millions of copies, this is quite likely. The cost of coins with a strong shift can reach 15 - 20 thousand rubles. But even if there are just minor coinage defects and even minimal image shift, collectors are willing to pay a thousand rubles or more for such specimens.

Split stamp. Sooner or later, stamps become unusable; some simply break and are replaced. Coins minted with this stamp are of interest to collectors until it is replaced. The metal falls into the crack that has formed and a protruding strip appears on the coin. The stronger the crack in the stamp, the thicker and longer the resulting convex line, and accordingly, the more expensive the coin. Large and full splits are especially prized - these are when a thick line goes from one edge of the coin to the other. The collection value of such rarities exceeds 1000 rubles.

Rotate the image. If the equipment used in the minting process is incorrectly assembled or loose, the working stamps rotate. As a result, the images on one side of the coin are rotated relative to the other. Small turns (up to 45 degrees) are not of particular interest, but stronger ones, for example 90 degrees. they are already making a coin tens of times more expensive than its face value. 180-degree turns are especially in demand among collectors; if you come across one, it costs several thousand rubles.

And these are only the most common variants of coin defects; in more detail about the types and prices of defects on coins. Of course, you can find such coins in everyday life, but keep in mind that everything is not so simple. The presence of rare and expensive varieties among the money traffic has led to close cooperation between numismatic dealers and cashiers, through whose hands a huge number of coins pass. Dealers are willing to pay good money to bank and store cashiers to catch such rarities for them.

2 rubles 2001, "Gagarin" - without mint monogram.

4. How to sell such coins as expensively as possible

The answer would seem to be quite simple - you need to find coin collectors and, if possible, avoid resellers. Where are these collectors located? Here, too, everything is simple so far - on thematic forums on numismatics. I will name the most popular of them, which have sections for selling coins. In some places these sections are the main ones, in others they are related; communication between collectors to a large extent consists of mutual sales and purchases. Bidding everywhere takes place in the form of free communication in the topic, whoever offers the most is the buyer. So:

coins.su- “CFN” is the oldest platform of all existing ones. The owner is a kind of brutal numismatist, on the one hand unceremonious, and on the other quite experienced, since he himself is a professional dealer in Soviet and Russian coins. As a result, he created one of the most authoritative platforms with strict rules and a strict rating system for participants; the possibility of running into deception during a transaction is minimal.

forums-su.com– “Drying” is the same age as the previous resource. In fact, this is the largest Russian-language platform on the topic of faleristics (signs - awards), but the numismatics section is also adequately presented. There are almost no random visitors and everything is also quite reliable. The bidding process itself is based on the utmost simple rule, gave my word - keep it. Its implementation is controlled by forum moderators and violators are punished very strictly.

The sale of each of these coins began on one of the specified forums.

coins.lave.ru- the so-called Samara Forum, this is the most visited site by numismatists. The reason for its popularity may lie in the fact that the situation there is extremely democratic. The forum is largely aimed at selling - buying relatively ordinary coins, ranging from common coins worth 50 - 100 rubles, to rarities worth 100 thousand.

staraya-moneta.ru- an elite club of numismatists, although it mainly specializes in pre-revolutionary coins, but also a section modern coins presented well too. Everything is intelligent and respectable.

But before putting your valuable find up for sale, everywhere first you just need to read the topics. See what was sold and how, rummage through the archives of topics, because you can probably find sales of a similar lot. This will help you navigate the price level. If this is not for you, then at least keep in mind that when selling directly from hand to hand, you will most likely end up with a reseller. He won’t give you more than half the price, because he also needs to earn money from you.

What follows is pure theory about the really most expensive coins in Russia, but such specimens at a price of hundreds of thousands of rubles and more can no longer be found in circulation. These are either test copies stolen from MD, or something made to a “special” order, in a word, one-of-a-kind...

5. The most expensive coins of Russia, their value. Non-circulation issues

The reason for the issue, why and for what purposes such coins were made are not known; only hypotheses can be made. Documents from the State Bank and mints could shed light on this, but they are unlikely to ever be disclosed. It is absolutely impossible to find these coins in monetary circulation; they are known only in quantities of a few pieces. In design they are no different from ordinary circulation coins, only unusual combinations of denomination, year of issue and mint monogram make them unique.

The most expensive 5 ruble coins are from 1999 and 2006. The actual price can be several times higher than that indicated above.

5 kopecks and 5 rubles 1999. In 1999, SPMD were minted 5 kopecks And 5 rubles. The circulation of coins remains a mystery to this day. Numismatic experts confirmed the authenticity of only three copies with a denomination of 5 rubles and one 5 penny coin. Their appearance more than ten years after the date indicated on the coins created a real sensation in numismatic circles.

In 2009, a lot of 5 rubles from 1999 was put up for auction. The starting price for the auction was stated at 210,000 rubles. But none of the collectors dared to participate in the auction, fearing that, after some time, several more such coins would appear, and as a result, a sharp drop in price. It is worth noting that to date their known number has not increased. We can say that 5 kopecks and 5 rubles of 1999 confidently occupy a leading position as one of the most rare and expensive coins of modern Russia

50 kopecks, 1, 2 and 5 rubles 2001 Four coins about which there are more rumors and speculations on the Internet than real facts. The only thing that is certain is that they were minted in 2001 at the Moscow Mint.

About existence 50 kopecks 2001 became known a little earlier than other coins of this year. It is, one might say, more promoted as a rarity, and therefore often becomes the object of attention of manufacturers of fakes. And the value of this coin, stated in some catalogs at 100 thousand rubles, also contributed to this. In general, the fifty-kopeck coins of 2001, 2004 and 2007 are very similar to each other, and all fakes are usually made by re-engraving coins of the fourth and seventh year. Still, there are a number of differences that you should pay attention to when determining the authenticity of a sample. In 2004, the font for writing the letter - I was slightly changed. The beveled stick acquired unique and clearly visible shelves at the top and bottom of the letter; the original 50 kopecks of 2001 do not have such shelves. Also, the 4 in 1 re-engraving can be recognized by the position and design of the unit in the year designation. Converted from the four, it will look, unlike the original, on the other side of the dragon's paw. Well, the year 2007 in a fake is easily recognized with the help of a magnet, since it has a magnetizable steel base. The 2001 coins were made of non-magnetic brass.

1 ruble 2001 came to the attention of collectors almost simultaneously with 50 kopecks. this same year. For a long time, this pair remained the permanent “legend of modern numismatics”, just like other now known rarities (5 kopecks and 5 rubles in 1999, 2 and 5 rubles in 2001, 1, 2 and 5 rubles in 2003). MMD) was not yet known. 2 rubles 2001- This is another mystery coin, known in single copies. 5 rubles 2001 first appeared in 2014. At first, her photographs were posted on the Internet on one of the forums. A little later, authoritative numismatics experts, looking at it “live”, confirmed the authenticity of the coin. It is not yet possible to name the exact cost of the 2001 coins, since there were no public auction sales, but we can assume that the price for each of them is more than 150 - 200 thousand rubles.

1, 2 and 5 rubles 2003 MMD. In 2003, ruble denominations were minted to a limited extent at SPMD to form collectible annual sets (15 thousand copies each). But for some reason, all these coins, instead of souvenir sets, were sent into regular monetary circulation. And only in 2013, information appeared that there were 1, 2 and 5 rubles of 2003 made at the Moscow Mint, single copies of which ended up with collectors.

Another mystery coin has a very similar fate - 5 rubles 2006. For the first time, her photos were shown only in 2012 on one of the numismatic forums.

Coins of regular mintage SPMD 2011 and 2012. In 2011 in St. Petersburg. The Mint produced only commemorative coins. So, initially the news of the existence of a complete line of all denominations for regular circulation with the SPMD monogram was met with disbelief, but they exist, however, in quantities of only a few copies. In some catalogues, this selection was immediately valued at 1.5 million rubles, i.e. at the “usual” price of 150 – 200 thousand rubles for each coin known in piece form. In 2012, similar coins with the SPMD monogram appeared again, but without 1 and 5 kopecks, so when purchasing the 2012 set, you can try to keep it to just 1 million rubles.

6. Speculative issues that imitate expensive coins

The Mint today is a high-tech and high-security enterprise engaged in minting coins commissioned by the State Bank. To get into and out of production, workers go through several stages of inspection. This largely eliminates the illegal removal of money by employees. But the desire to get rich quickly pushes some people to all sorts of tricks. Regular coins There is no point in carrying it out, which cannot be said about rare coin defects and exclusive homemade coins. The demand for which among numismatists gives rise to attacks of “creativity” among unscrupulous mint masters.

Craftsmen mainly work in three directions:

- Rare technological defect and its imitation. The most textured type of defect, which is also quite easy when artificially imitated, is the implementation of several strikes with a stamp on one workpiece, preferably with a “beautiful” shift. At one of the auctions, a copy was sold in which a stamp allegedly “accidentally” passed over one blank five times (!). But what is most in demand among numismatists is image shifts during the second strike, and not just a little, but “from the heart” by 30-40 percent (as long as it doesn’t knock off their fingers...) what comes out is then sold 10 - 15 thousand per product.

- Mix-ups. Non-standard combinations of images on the front and back sides. To the old ones good times, this really happened, especially with the 3 and 20 kopeck stamps, which are similar in diameter. Nowadays coins don’t have such close diameters, so manufacturers have to use their imagination to the fullest, collecting and combining various unnatural combinations. One side is from 10 kopecks, the other from a ruble coin, the stamp for 50 kopecks is combined with equipment for minting 2 rubles. 2 rubles 50 kopecks And of course, it is not uncommon when “special” minting is done in such a way that one coin has two obverse or two reverse sides.

- Third the direction of “creativity” is embossing on non-typical blanks. Supposedly experimental coinage from the mint, etc. In the collections of coin collectors there are bimetallic 10, 50 kopecks 2015 And rubles 2014 - 2015, but not a single reference book contains information about the production of such a coin. How did it leave the mint? Everything has also been worked out and put into production; numismatic dealers, for a certain fee, order workers to mint such coins and take them outside the walls of the MD. Having paid several thousand per copy, they later try to sell them several times more expensive to gullible numismatists.

All this is a kind of counterfeiting and should (?) be prosecuted by law. Real collectors need to somehow learn to intuitively distinguish these products from actual varieties and natural coin defects, which were described above.