Valuable coins can be not only commemorative, jubilee or ancient coins, but also coins of the last 10-15 years. A small print run, almost unnoticed by an untrained look differences in the stamp - all this can add to the coin value in the collectible market. After reading this rating, it’s worth checking a trifle in your wallet - it is possible that you have one of the most expensive Russian coins lying around.
Sochi collector's coin 25 rubles 2011/2012
Can be bought for: 30 000 rubles.
The list of the most expensive coins of modern Russia opens with the well-known and beloved by numismatists coin from the series issued for the Olympic Games. The aesthetic and memorable value of these coins is quite large - even eleven collectors seek to collect all eleven coins (differing by the year of issue, color of the image, etc.). But one series of these commemorative coins is more valuable than others - the so-called. presentation, which was distributed to guests in the spring of 2011.
It differs from the usual version in the first place with a large (compared to later) monogram of the St. Petersburg Mint. In addition, differences can be found in small details in the image of the Russian coat of arms.
In 2012, a small number of “Olympiad Talismans” appeared with a large SPMD monogram, which distinguished the coins from the rest of the draw. Such "Talismans" can currently be purchased for 1000 rubles.
There is an even rarer version, the “trick” of which is a higher emblem location of the St. Petersburg Mint.
10 rubles issue 2012/2013
Cost: 30,000 rubles.
Every year in Russia, the Moscow Mint issues new ten-ruble coins. But even among ordinary, ordinary coins, one can find rarity. Just in 2012 - 2013, one of the old stamps on which ten ruble was printed went out of use, so coins printed with its use are very rare.
They can be distinguished primarily by the type of hatching that fills the number zero on the reverse. For ordinary coins, the first and last strokes are almost invisible, but for old stamps they are wide and thick.
It is not known how many such specimens were minted, and it is quite possible that a similar ten-ruble coin is now in someone else's wallet.
1 ruble, 2 ruble and 5 rubles 2003
Collectors buy for: 30,000 rubles.
It was believed that in 2003 the Moscow Mint issued exclusively banknotes in denominations of 10 and 50 kopecks. And here in 2006, ruble coins suddenly appeared in circulation, immediately becoming a numismatic rarity.
Once they were intended as a gift to delegations who came to celebrations on the occasion of the 300th anniversary of the "Northern Capital". But this idea had to be abandoned, as souvenir sets for some reason did not form on time. And for about three years, the coins lay in the basements of the MMD, until it was decided to put them into circulation.
A small circulation (no more than 15,000 pieces) ensures that they will only go up in price.
50 kopecks, 1 ruble and 5 rubles of the 2001 issue
Cost: 100,000 rubles.
According to official information, all these coins have never been issued in circulation. Nevertheless, some numismatists of Russia are proud of their presence in their collections. These coins are unique, extremely rare, so their price can be significantly higher than the declared 100,000 rubles. Their uniqueness provoked the appearance of a large number of fakes - however, they are unlikely to be found in the small compartment for a simple layman.
A person who is far from numismatics can easily confuse a very expensive 1-ruble coin of 2001 with a rare coin minted with a commemorative ruble, issued in 2001 in honor of the 10th anniversary of the CIS. Its price is about two hundred rubles.
Coins of the release of the St. Petersburg Mint 2016
They are ready to buy for: 300,000 rubles.
With the sixth place in the rating, we move into the category of the most-most expensive coins in Russia. Collectors are ready to buy them for 200 - 300 thousand rubles, like coins issued by SPMD in 2016.
Why are they so valuable? In recent years, “ordinary” metal banknotes began to be issued by the Moscow Mint, but jubilee coins were given to the Northern Capital. Therefore, "simple" coins issued by SPMD are so highly valued. For example, a set of coins from one to ten rubles made in 2016.
In Russia, such a set was found only one, and then thanks to the online auction Wolmar. On it, collectors first saw the lot, consisting of 1-, 2-, 5- and 10-ruble coins with the SPMD monogram. As a result, the lot was sold for an impressive amount of 1,277,563 rubles.
10 rubles release 2013
Cost: 300,000 rubles.
The rarity and value of the coin can add a feature that is almost invisible to the average user. Paying a ten-ruble coin for some trifle, hardly anyone paid attention to the writing of the date digits on the coin. But this can play a huge role in determining the rarity of a coin.
So in 2013, two varieties of ten ruble were released - one with the usual font of numbers, and the second with a font reminiscent of pre-revolutionary. If the price of the former coincides with the indicated, then the price of the latter is many times greater than it. You can detect the difference with the usual 10 rubles if you look closely at the number 3 in the date “2013”. Her lower part of the ponytail is straight, while in the standard version the figure ends with a bold dot at the bottom.
Coins of the issue of the St. Petersburg Mint 2011 and 2012
Cost: 300,000 rubles.
Another rarity in the production of SPMD. It is interesting that in addition to ordinary coins, those that by this moment had ceased to be issued MMD, namely 1 kopek and 5 kopeks, were also printed. Very few coins were found.
According to experts-numismatists, SPMD minted only 5-6 sets of such banknotes in 2011. Perhaps, at the mint, they decided to try out a new stamp and printed several sets on the strength, and then - not to lose the goodness - they put them into circulation.
And in 2012, the story with the trial release was repeated, but this time in free circulation, not 1 or 5 cents was not. Perhaps they settled in someone else's private collection.
5 rubles release 2006
Cost: 300,000 rubles.
One of the most expensive coins in Russia is a myth coin, which many have heard of, but nobody managed to hold in their hands. So far, numismatists have had the opportunity to admire her photo (albeit of large size and good quality), posted on the website of one of the auctions.
It is still unknown whether this is a fake or a real coin. Also, no one knows who she now owns.
5 kopecks 1999 release
Cost: 300,000 rubles.
This coin was more fortunate - no one doubts its authenticity. Her story began from the moment of a happy find by the Kemerovo numismatist in a bag with a trifle. For his attentiveness, he was adequately rewarded by selling the find at auction and receiving 300 thousand rubles for it.
Perhaps the coin was part of a test batch issued by SPMD to verify new stamps. As a result, they could send it into use along with a mass circulation of 5 kopecks of 1998 release. However, in 1999, the Central Bank decided to abandon the mass issue of all denominations, and the 5-kopeck banknote went into the category of "immediately acquire for collection."
Since then, no more than five copies have been recorded.
5 rubles release 1999
Estimated at: 300,000 rubles.
Why coins in denominations of 5 rubles, issued in 1999, have become such a rarity? The fact is that in the previous two years there were so many of them that new ones were not needed for about a dozen years. So all coins made between 1998 and 2008 are either trial copies for stamp testing, or souvenir sets with a small print run.
One of these exceptions is the five-ruble coin of the 1999 issue. So far, only four such copies have been found.
The owner, who presented a super-rare coin at a numismatic auction, said that he received it for change during a trip in a minibus. At first, his words were skeptical, but then experts verified the authenticity of the coin printed by the mint of St. Petersburg.
It turns out that you can get rich by accident. So do not be too lazy to study the contents of a purse or a piggy bank, suddenly there is a coin that can be classified as rare.
