Thread: Russian Rubles

Originally Posted by charlestonian

Originally Posted by Ramil

Just a test. Ignore previous message by charlestonian. (I wrote it from the wrong nick).

You think you are soooooooooooo funny, huh?

No, you're responsible for being funny in out small family. I woudn't take it from you.

Originally Posted by Ramil

Originally Posted by ReDSanchous

Originally Posted by Ramil

Originally Posted by ReDSanchous

Originally Posted by Ramil

The best way is to ask some Russian tourists (if there are any).

And some of them will surely readily part with 5000-ruble banknotes :P :P :P :P :P

The exchange rate, I'm afraid, wouldn't be 1:26 though

Well, actually I thought of some sort of contribution....free contribution. All you have to do is come across a Russian student in the States, come up tp him/her and ask to give you some of their Russian banknotes...

If they have any. I don't usually take roubles with me when travel abroad.

Normally I take about 3000 roubles just in case anything goes wrong while I'm still in Russia. You never know what you might need at an airport.

Transfer of Rubles/Dollars is allowed for numismatic (collecting) purposes. I have Belorussian, Russian and Ukranian banknotes from "my kids". Some old Soviet coins and a magnetic coin for a Moscow toilet. I trade $2 bills, old dollar coins, 1976 quarters, duck hunting stamps, old hunting, fishing and shellfishing licenses etc. When I send letters, I use a SH1TL0AD of stamps for collectors.

All for now, time for fireworks...

Originally Posted by capecoddah

Transfer of Rubles/Dollars is allowed for numismatic (collecting) purposes. I have Belorussian, Russian and Ukranian banknotes from "my kids". Some old Soviet coins and a magnetic coin for a Moscow toilet. I trade $2 bills, old dollar coins, 1976 quarters, duck hunting stamps, old hunting, fishing and shellfishing licenses etc. When I send letters, I use a SH1TL0AD of stamps for collectors.

All for now, time for fireworks...

Yey!!!!! 4th of July y'all

Originally Posted by capecoddah

Transfer of Rubles/Dollars is allowed for numismatic (collecting) purposes. I have Belorussian, Russian and Ukranian banknotes from "my kids". Some old Soviet coins and a magnetic coin for a Moscow toilet. I trade $2 bills, old dollar coins, 1976 quarters, duck hunting stamps, old hunting, fishing and shellfishing licenses etc. When I send letters, I use a SH1TL0AD of stamps for collectors.

All for now, time for fireworks...

I'm back from vacation. Anyway, thanks to all who responded. I don't want to be arrested for "High Treason", although I doubt they'd make a fuss about 2-3 banknotes for collecting purposes. In any event, I suppose nobody in Russia would make a trade, considering the laws. Can't say I blame them either.

Perhaps I will just have to use ebay.

Originally Posted by Platinum

I suppose nobody in Russia would make a trade, considering the laws.

You're wrong. If you offer gain for them everybody would be more than willing to help

just float on over to e-bay my friend

Originally Posted by chaika

I have a 500 ruble note from 1912 (Peter I on it) and a 5-spot from 1909. Not about to sell 'em, though!

Whoa, 500-rouble note from 1912 must have been worth quite alot back then. Where did you get it from and how much did you pay?

Originally Posted by kalinka_vinnie

Originally Posted by chaika

I have a 500 ruble note from 1912 (Peter I on it) and a 5-spot from 1909. Not about to sell 'em, though!

Whoa, 500-rouble note from 1912 must have been worth quite alot back then. Where did you get it from and how much did you pay?

Stolen from a museum?.. Just a silly joke!

I found a stamp album in the basement this week with alot of old Russian stamps. Oldest are 1883 1Коп. Very nice up until 1917, then missing until 1921, a 1000 РУБ (hammer and shovel). Then alot of happy workers, factories, farms and some bald guy with a pointy goatee.
Some large ones from 1935 всемирная спартакиадаб, 2 running, a swimmer, rowing and skiing.

Originally Posted by Remyisme

Sorry for Offtop, but Лев, я тебе давно хочу сказать что ты красавчик!

-1 (меня, пожалуйста, вычеркните из списка поклонниц)

Originally Posted by capecoddah

I found a stamp album in the basement this week with alot of old Russian stamps. Oldest are 1883 1Коп. Very nice up until 1917, then missing until 1921, a 1000 РУБ (hammer and shovel). Then alot of happy workers, factories, farms and some bald guy with a pointy goatee.
Some large ones from 1935 всемирная спартакиадаб, 2 running, a swimmer, rowing and skiing.

Wow... What are you planning to do with all that stuff? Do you want to sell them?

Originally Posted by capecoddah

I found a stamp album in the basement this week with alot of old Russian stamps. Oldest are 1883 1Коп. Very nice up until 1917, then missing until 1921, a 1000 РУБ (hammer and shovel). Then alot of happy workers, factories, farms and some bald guy with a pointy goatee.
Some large ones from 1935 всемирная спартакиадаб, 2 running, a swimmer, rowing and skiing.

I'd like to buy your worthless papers that are obviously past the expire date for the sum of 10 dollars. Deal?

Charlstonian and KV,
MAJOR SCORE, 1870's - 1938, European Colonies, Danzig, countries that don't exist, post WW1 'occupation' stamps, air-mail stamps with Zepplins and flying boats, some German guy with a funny moustache...
Appraisal after the summer, a bit overwhelming, kept in a dry basement for years, so they are in good shape

Originally Posted by capecoddah

Charlstonian and KV,
MAJOR SCORE, 1870's - 1938, European Colonies, Danzig, countries that don't exist, post WW1 'occupation' stamps, air-mail stamps with Zepplins and flying boats, some German guy with a funny moustache...
Appraisal after the summer, a bit overwhelming, kept in a dry basement for years, so they are in good shape

I see you've done your homework So, how much do you want for them?

DAMMIT!!! I forgot I can't upload images here.
Oh well, I scanned a few, if anyone wants to see them, PM me.

Originally Posted by capecoddah

I found a stamp album in the basement this week with alot of old Russian stamps. Oldest are 1883 1Коп. Very nice up until 1917, then missing until 1921, a 1000 РУБ (hammer and shovel). Then alot of happy workers, factories, farms and some bald guy with a pointy goatee.
Some large ones from 1935 всемирная спартакиадаб, 2 running, a swimmer, rowing and skiing.

Oh, man, you're lucky! I wish I could find smth like that in my basement.
The oldest stamp I had as a child was 1918. And I was stupid and gave all my Lenin, October, etc. stamps away, since we, kids, usually thought they are not cool and prefered to collect fauna stamps instead.

PS. You can upload any image to a free imagehosting (like photobucket.com, or any other) and then paste it's url in your post within the tags .

OK, take 2...
A few stamps that are not mounted.
1914,1921,1938 and ? for the rest. Note the one with a 100,000 r surcharge. I'll some more later and make it look like I know what I'm doing

I'll get a better scanned image later, with some other examples. I'm not using the computer with scanner and graphics toys now. I need to clean up the file, I just tossed a few on the scanner bed.

Cool! You can still scan and post the mounted ones...

OK, take 3...
Sorry Master Admin... It's friggin huge

Not centered, or in any particular order. I didn't want to destroy the stamps. Sorry Bellorus and Ukraine, the stamps are stuck together, a local collector will help make them free.