06-21-2005, 08:31 PM
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
