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Tretov · 10-07-2008, 06:50 AM

I think 70-100 USD is an OK price range; it is not 1991 anymore.

marc- · 10-07-2008, 10:28 AM

Hi,
there is a difference between type 1 and type 2.
For a type1 is the estimate correct but for the type of 2 I give certainly not US80$

Marc

Pravda · 01-16-2009, 04:51 AM

I have a question for the forum regarding an OLG III class I purchased.

It is a OLG III class, Type 2 with a serial in the 55,000 range. The interesting thing is that there are no markings to denote it being issued as a duplicate and the serial seems too low for a Type 1 award. The serial is inscribed with a rotating tool, just as one would expect.

Has anyone seen something like this before? Also, would this make it more valuable than other Type 2 examples?

Cheers,
Will

Lapa · 01-16-2009, 10:02 PM

Will,

The lowest number observed for a T2 is 44737, so yours is somewhere at the low end of the range, but not quite at the minimal point.

Marc

Pravda · 01-18-2009, 06:41 AM

Marc,

Thanks for the response. I didn't know that the Type 2s went that low and that is why I thought it could be a duplicate. I have seen countless Type 1s in the 100,000 range and so I thought the Type 2s probably started later in the 100,000 range. Did the produce both types at the same time at different mints?

Cheers,
Will

Kirchgoens · 01-18-2009, 12:37 PM

If you are in the former Soviet Union in one particular region for a while, you'll see certain blocks of serial numbers for these. Stuff does migrate, but if you are further away from the collection points, you'll see more awards closer together. I base this from a couple years in Uzbekistan where I see definite consistancies especially in OLGIII's - I would routinely see them fall into blocks of numbers: T1's in the 5k range, T1's in the 135k-145k range, and T2's in the 480k-490k range. I'd still see them outside these ranges, but usually I'd see them fall close to one of these three blocks.