Few people know that the ordinary at first glance, the coin may actually be very unusual, and attracted the attention of its antiquity or designs may be the most mediocre. Take, for example, the simple coin 2001 denominations of 1, 2 rubles and 50 kopecks. Few people know, but it's very real rarities. Price of one such coin today reach one thousand dollars! Total released a few copies of each coin, and their number is not exactly known. Many believe that the Soviet commemorative coins are not bad money. It is not. Well-known Soviet ruble with Lenin, today you can sell a maximum of 3-4 rubles, and then only at a price not buy it.

In general, the average Soviet commemorative coins are 30-50 rubles, and the entire collection can be easily bought for 4-5 thousand rubles. Many people mistakenly believe that coins made at the time of the emperors, are worth a fortune. This is not true. For example, a five-liter bucket of pennies Nicholas ii is only 20-30 thousand rubles (50 rubles per coin). A rare copper coin of the nineteenth century up to the cost of a few hundred rubles.

The well-known contemporary coin with image Pushkin's worth about a hundred rubles. Probably a couple of decades, it will be attributed to the category of numismatists infrequent. The well-known Soviet era coins 1961-1991's usually sold by weight kilograms. Bucket "enumerated" numismatists Soviet stuff comes at a price slightly higher than the price of scrap metal.