| Reading latest news you could see titles like "Sale | | | | coins are still selling for much less than British or |
| of Russian Ruble Paves the Way in Goldberg | | | | American coins of such rarity. For the largest |
| Coins Pre Long Beach Auction", "Russian Ruble | | | | country in the world with, such an interesting |
| (1714/3 PCGS EF-45) fetching $46,800" and going | | | | history, Russian coin market is still in the |
| through Russian Coin forums, you will see topics, | | | | developing stages and we believe it will be |
| such as "Russian Coins Prices are MAD" and "This | | | | booming while Russian economy is doing well and |
| hobby is becoming too expensive". | | | | a lot of experts suggest that Russia might finally |
| Russian Coin market has exploded this year! The | | | | have a bright future. |
| prices for most quality Imperial Russian Coins (pre | | | | If you are interested in taking a part of this rally |
| 1917) has grown 100% and keep going up. Coin | | | | and have little or no knowledge on Russian coins, |
| Dealers are confused and if you call most of | | | | following are some suggestions, which you will |
| them you will hear the same answer: "We don't | | | | need to consider. As in any growing market there |
| have any Russian Coins in the inventory right now. | | | | are people, who are trying to exploit and profit |
| Russian Coin Market is hot." So, who is buying | | | | from it in a fast way. There are more and more |
| Russian Coins and how it can be possible for the | | | | fakes of Russian coins, which are coming to the |
| coins prices to grow 100% in just 1 year? | | | | market, which are worthless, but can be sold to |
| We believe, to understand what happened you will | | | | inexperienced collectors or investors for |
| need to go back in the history. Russia went | | | | thousands of dollars. People looking for bargains |
| through very difficult times in 20th century; | | | | are ending up buying these fakes without realizing |
| people struggled to feed their families and had | | | | that they were cheated. Our advise it to stick to |
| little interest in expensive hobbies, such as | | | | the coin dealers, who specialize in Russian coins, |
| collecting coins. A lot of silver and gold coins were | | | | there are still some, such as which have quality |
| melted down or converted to jewelry. We know | | | | Russian coins in the inventory. Avoid auction sites, |
| how many Russians coins were minted, but no | | | | such as Ebay, where (don't be surprised) a lot of |
| one knows how many coins survived through all | | | | Russian coins sold as original will end up to be |
| these years of weak economy. Even now all | | | | copies! Buy coins certified by NGC, ANACS or |
| Imperial Russian Coins can not be exported from | | | | PCGS. Apart from certifying that coin is genuine, |
| Russia, so there circulation of such coins outside | | | | certified Russian coins are graded according world |
| of Russia is limited to Russian coins smuggled | | | | standards. When you buy "raw" (uncertified) |
| illegally or Russian coins kept by generations of | | | | Russian coins, which is a high possibility they are |
| Russian immigrants. | | | | overgraded or can end up to be cleaned or worse |
| You could see that demand for Russian coins | | | | - fakes. You pay a premium on certified coins, but |
| started to grow 5 years ago when Russian | | | | it's worth it. The fact is that even experts can't |
| economy just started to recover. It's easy to | | | | tell if the coin is fake by looking at the picture and |
| conclude that the recent growth in Russian coin | | | | without certified agencies, coin market would be |
| prices is related to booming Russian economy. In | | | | doomed. Try to do some research to learn about |
| fact, if you compare results of coin auctions in | | | | coin grades, clean coins, coin toning and coin |
| Russia with Russian coin auctions outside of | | | | varieties, we suggest you to visit to read more |
| Russia, prices for the same Russian coins outside | | | | information on these topics. For example, Liberty |
| of Russia are 10-30% below than inside of Russia! | | | | Gold Dollar of 1879 would cost you around $350 |
| The demand is coming from Russia itself where | | | | in (AU) About Uncirculated grade and $7000 in |
| more and more people find investing in coins to | | | | Uncirculated MS-67 grade and if you haven't seen |
| be very rewarding. Russian coins on European and | | | | a lot of these coins you won't even tell the |
| North American auctions are bought through | | | | difference between the 2. Our advice, that you |
| proxies and coming back to Russia and western | | | | should buy VF-30 - XF-45 1700-1810 Russian coins |
| Russian coins inventories, which were not very | | | | and AU or MS-65 1810-1917 Russian coins. These |
| good from the beginning are depleting. There is a | | | | experienced the highest market value growth in |
| huge demand, which drives the prices up and with | | | | the recent years and we believe will keep going |
| quality Russian coins going to private collectors | | | | up. Russian Gold Coins and Platinum Russian Coins |
| and investors you can find that some rare coins | | | | were appreciating fast because of the recent |
| sold in the auction in January are selling for twice | | | | growth in Gold prices, so if you believe the price |
| as much in June. This is unbelievable 100% Return | | | | for gold is going up and can afford such coins, you |
| on Investment in 5 months!!! And, people were | | | | might find to look at Russian Gold Coins a bit |
| saying stock market brings highest returns. The | | | | closely. |
| one million dollar question is for how long the | | | | To summarize, Russian Coin market is still |
| prices for Russian Coins can growth and would | | | | maturing and although 100% increase in price in 1 |
| this market overheat and crash one day. | | | | year seems crazy, it can be explained that |
| We know that every market has its ups and | | | | Russian coins were overlooked in the past and |
| downs and 100% growth is not sustainable in the | | | | were very cheap before and just start to get |
| long term. From the other hand, if we compare | | | | appreciation and demand they deserve in the |
| coin prices for British and American coins to | | | | recent years. |
| Russian coins, we can still see that rare Russian | | | | |