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Soviet Union 1 Rouble Olympics Error

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 Posted 04/30/2012  3:43 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add tzarmarko to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Well one of my distant relatives game me a gigantic set of Russian 1 Rouble comemorative coins from the 70's, 80's, and 90's and I have been recently looking through them. I've sorted them all out and I found one proof commemorative and one error. The error turend out to be quite common but I still want to show it. Basically, the coin shows the Kremlin with the olympic symbol underneath. Also it is uncirculated. On a second glance at the Kremlin you will notice that there is something interesting going on with the clock on the Kremlin. The clock is ment to go I II III IV V VI VII etc...
But instead this error has the following: I II III VI V VI VII etc....

Soviet-Union-1-Rouble-Olympics-Error

Soviet-Union-1-Rouble-Olympics-Error

Soviet-Union-1-Rouble-Olympics-Error

Tell me what you guys think!

PLEASE MOVE TO OTHER FORUM....
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04/30/2012 3:49 pm
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 Posted 04/30/2012  4:25 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add DVCollector to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I cannot read it--but I take your word for it--interesting error!
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 Posted 04/30/2012  4:33 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add tzarmarko to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Yea sorry. My magnifying glass isn't the best.
Also, Krause lists this coin at $25. Yay!
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 Posted 04/30/2012  6:57 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add biggfredd to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Does the clock come both ways? Even if it does, it's more a mistake than an error.
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 Posted 04/30/2012  7:32 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add tzarmarko to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Yes it does. I'm pretty sure it had something to do with a tiny amount of dies getting the wrong image and accidentally striking it until it was noticed. Krause confirms this.
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 Posted 04/30/2012  8:29 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add gxseries to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
It's not that rare as one may think. Krause's value on the coin is actually higher than what I expected it to be unless the coin is in UNC condition.
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 Posted 04/30/2012  8:59 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add tzarmarko to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
The coin is in fact UNC.
The whole set of coins that I received are all UNC commems.
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 Posted 05/01/2012  1:22 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add january1may to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I have two of those in my collection (not UNC though), and both have the "error".
I won't be surprised if that "error" (mistake actually) is actually on all 1978 Olympic coins will get a proof of this to check on the next realistic opportunity (which should be around May 20, so probably someone who knows better already replies by then).

Fun fact: one of my longer-term set-assembling projects is a decently-full set of Soviet non-PM proof commemoratives... really long term that is as it is currently only at four.
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 Posted 05/01/2012  3:21 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add tzarmarko to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Yea, I heard that this mistake was made on many of the coins. Although not all of them, it is sorta common.

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