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Commemorative coins from the bank of Russia - Soviet - 06-21-2005
Have you seen these?
Commemorative coins from the bank of Russia - new world - 06-21-2005
The last coin (large one) is made of gold and is 1 kilogram heavy (almost 2 pounds!!!!)!!!!
How many thousands will it cost???
William
Commemorative coins from the bank of Russia - Dolf - 06-21-2005
William,
I saw that too for both the 100 Rubles silver coin and the 10.000 Rubles gold coin, but is it possible that a coin weights 1 Kg?!...
Specially when the other two coins weight 31,1 gr and 7,78 gr !
Well, maybe only for collecting, as I don't see a person carrying such a heavy piece on the pockets and pay for a bread with these coins...
Dolf
Commemorative coins from the bank of Russia - Lapa - 06-21-2005
Dolf,
Yes, mints arond the world have been producing coins that weigh 1kg in silver, gold and platinum. Actually, the Austrian mint has even recently struck a 32kg gold coin which, to this day, is the heaviest struck. The competition goes on
Marc
Commemorative coins from the bank of Russia - Dolf - 06-21-2005
Lapa Wrote:Dolf,
Yes, mints arond the world have been producing coins that weigh 1kg in silver, gold and platinum. Actually, the Austrian mint has even recently struck a 32kg gold coin which, to this day, is the heaviest struck. The competition goes on
Marc
Marc,
WOW! I know about the mints producing this kind of commemorative coins (the Bank of Portugal does the same from time to time) but I didn't know they could be so heavy!
Definetely not the coin to go get some bread at the bakers shop
Dolf
Commemorative coins from the bank of Russia - Lapa - 06-21-2005
Dolf,
Officially, you can redeem them for their face value, but who would want to do it at a fraction of a cent in the dollar!
Marc
Commemorative coins from the bank of Russia - new world - 06-21-2005
Dolf Wrote:William,
I saw that too for both the 100 Rubles silver coin and the 10.000 Rubles gold coin, but is it possible that a coin weights 1 Kg?!...
Specially when the other two coins weight 31,1 gr and 7,78 gr !
Well, maybe only for collecting, as I don't see a person carrying such a heavy piece on the pockets and pay for a bread with these coins...
Dolf
According to the description in Soviet's link:
"a silver proof -like coin of 100 Rubles denomination, fine metal content 1 kg, fineness 925/1000, diameter 100,0 mm, mintage up to 2000 pcs., catalogue number 5117-0027;"
" - a gold proof-like coin of 10 000 Rubles denomination, fine metal content 1 kg, fineness 999/1000, diameter 100,0 mm, mintage 500 pcs., catalogue number 5221-0008"
In addition, if you look at the last pic - on the bottom you'll see:
"Au 999 ---Rubles - 1 Kg"
That's quite a coin!
William
Mintage is limited to 500 pieces
Commemorative coins from the bank of Russia - Manu Dalton - 06-24-2005
I really love the design of the one at the far right, with all the flag going down, but at that price I'll have to pass on this one!!! :eek:
Commemorative coins from the bank of Russia - Simon - 06-18-2006
I hope you find it interesting.
Simon
Commemorative coins from the bank of Russia - latinmajorac - 06-18-2006
1kg? good lord... and the australians coining one at 32? why? and thise coins are very attractive and would love to add them to my collection of Proof Sets (US only) but they are way to expensive