The rarest and most expensive coins of the USSR. Coins of the USSR Coins of the 30s

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Today, collectors spend whole years looking for rare coins, and one of their contemplation brings fans of the case to a state of euphoria. Surely, every numismatist will be interested to know which money of the Soviet Union is the most valuable.

All the rarest metal money of the times of Soviet rule can be divided into 4 groups corresponding to different time periods:

• samples of the 20s;
• samples of the 30s and 40s;
• samples of the 50s and 60s;
• samples of the final stage of the existence of the USSR.

Rare money from the 20s

It is noteworthy that the formation of a new monetary system of the USSR took place even before the official formation of the state. Small batches of coins began to be minted as early as 1920. Large circulations were not made at that time in order to check how the accepted samples would take root in society. Therefore, among the metal money of the first decade of the existence of the Soviet Union, there are a large number of those that are of interest to numismatists. The following samples deserve special attention:

Rare money from the 30s and 40s

Last batch silver coins in denominations of 10, 15 and 20 kopecks was issued in 1931. The original design of the obverse with a proletarian worker holding a hammer in his hand is well known to many numismatists. Today, such copies are estimated at 90-100 thousand rubles. Subsequently, the minting of this money came from a copper-nickel alloy, and they are no longer of great value.

The year 1947 was unique. All the coins issued in those 12 months were rejected and sent for melting down, and only a few samples survived. The reason for this was the mistake of the designers, who, instead of fifteen bandages of ears on the state emblem of the USSR, completed one more.

Rare money from the 50s and 60s

The owners of Soviet metal money of 1953 can consider themselves the real lucky ones. Then various experiments were carried out with alloys, which led to the appearance in circulation of coins with inclusions of chromium and iron. And in 1957, almost all kopecks were sent for remelting, and only 2-3 hundreds of sets survived. Therefore, they are also highly valued (up to 70,000 rubles).

In 1961, after the monetary denomination, the minting of the “half-kopeck” pattern began, which had already been abandoned in the 1920s. Today, these are perhaps the most expensive coins of the USSR, the cost of which can reach up to 1.5-2 thousand dollars.

Samples of the final stage of the existence of the USSR

Average prices for expensive coins of the USSR during the "sunset" are in the range of 3-15 thousand rubles. The following denominations can be attributed to rare and sought-after specimens:

Opened by a 1923 chervonets. Although it stands as the name of the state of the RSFSR, this is a political formality. They were issued for foreign economic settlements and, apparently, they practically did not participate in circulation on the domestic market. But since the "old" tsarist gold on the international market at that time aroused much more confidence than the "new Soviet" gold, they were not successful. Therefore, most of the circulation was melted back into gold bars and re-minted into pre-revolutionary chervonets. Despite the very large circulation (almost three million pieces), very few of them have survived to our time. To date, the collection prices for the gold chervonets of 1923 exceed 150,000 rubles.

2. The next in chronology - 2 kopecks in 1925. After large circulations in 1924 (the first year of the monetary reform), copper coin in 1925 it was issued in very small quantities and only in lower denominations. As a result, 2 kopecks of 1925 are now worth about 60 thousand rubles. It is interesting to note that collectors did not know about its existence for more than thirty years. The first coin was found by numismatists only in the middle of the last century. Since then, not many have been discovered.

Even more rare and valuable are 2 kopecks of 1927. Their price is more than 100 thousand rubles. But thanks to the development of metal detecting and the finds of diggers, in recent times their rarity has dropped. However, it is still extremely difficult to find such a coin in excellent condition.

3. Some of the most valuable coins of the USSR are silver 10, 15 and 20 kopecks of 1931. By the beginning of the 1930s, new Soviet coins had won the trust of the population. Therefore, it was decided to finally eliminate the use of precious metals in monetary circulation. Starting from 1931, copper-nickel coins began to be minted instead of silver coins. Although the silver 10, 15 and 20 kopecks of 1931 are included in all catalogs, it is almost impossible to find them. Unless in the form of late remodels. The only silver coin of 1931 that could be found in circulation is 20 kopecks. Its cost exceeds 150.000 rubles

4. 20 kopecks 1934 are found only in the form of late replicas and cost more than 100 thousand rubles. There are only a few original copies even in museum collections. The fact is that the design of the coins of 1931 - 1934. turned out to be very complicated - a worker with a hammer, a shield framing the face value, and even the full name of the state in a circle. As a result, a very large percentage of coins when minted turned out to be defective. Therefore, it was decided to stop issuing coins with a pattern, and destroy all 20 kopeck coins of 1934.

5. 5 kopecks 1933 are worth 20 thousand 5 kopecks 1934 and 1935 (old type) - 9,000 rubles each. It is difficult to name the reason for the extremely small circulation of these coins. Most likely, copper and aluminum reserves were more needed to solve the tasks of the second five-year plan.

Wartime coins - 10 and 15 kopecks 1942 price for 15.000 rubles.

6. The rarity of 10 and 15 kopecks of 1942, which are valued at 15,000 rubles each, can be explained as follows. After the mint moved from Leningrad, to the Urals, to Krasnokamsk, in wartime conditions, it was not immediately possible to start full-fledged minting of the necessary coins. The next year, the issue of coins stabilized. As a result, 10 and 15 kopecks of 1942 became one of the rarest for the entire time of production of these denominations.

7. The most famous and, one might say, absolutely the most rare and expensive coins of the USSR are all denominations of 1947. Although more than 500 million of them were minted, all of them were melted down. For what reason, one can only guess. Only one thing is clear, the new post-war coat of arms of the USSR with 16 ribbons (approved in June 1946), as a result, appeared on coins only in 1948. Of the coins of 1947, only exhibition copies have survived (with traces of soldering tendrils with which they were attached to a demonstration stand) and this due to the fact that they are the most valuable coins of the USSR. A complete set of 1947 coins was sold in 2008 at an auction for more than 200 thousand Euros, i.e. over a million rubles for each coin.

8. Immediately after them, in terms of fame among numismatists and rarity, follows a set of coins from 1958. In it, 2, 3 and 5 rubles were added to the usual denominations. The currency reform of 1961 was originally planned to be carried out in 1958. Coins had already been minted, in sufficient quantities to replace the existing coin supply and sent to all regional banks. But something went wrong with the reform and instead of the command “open the bags”, the Central Bank had to give the command “return”. Despite this, part of the small denominations of 1, 2, 3 and 10 kopecks got into the money circulation. One and two kopeck coins cost an average of 150 thousand rubles, 3 kopecks. - 60.000 and 10 kop. around 40,000 rubles. Prices for other coins of 1958 are significantly higher (up to 3.5 million rubles).

The so-called crossovers are very expensive among numismatists, when coins are minted using the front side of another coin or on a coin mug intended for a different denomination. Prices for such coins are often in the region of 30 - 50 thousand rubles. But a special and most interesting group of coins are errors. This is when a stamp with an outdated coat of arms is used to mint the front side. For the period 1924 - 1957. 4 emblems of the USSR were replaced. They differed in a very prominent detail - the number of ribbons, indicating the number of republics that were part of the Soviet Union.

These coins include:

10 kopecks 1946 and 20 kopecks 1941. But only those stamps of the front sides of the 1937 sample with 7 ribbons in the coat of arms (instead of 11) were used for minting. The price of such coins is very significant and exceeds 50 and 100 thousand rubles, respectively.

Very rarely there are 2 kopecks of 1948 with an early coat of arms of 11 ribbons (instead of 16). They cost 70 thousand rubles.

1 kopeck 1957 with the coat of arms, abolished in 1956 from 16 ribbons. Extremely rare and highly sought after. In September 2010, it was sold at auction for 600,000 rubles.

A peculiar pair of crossings: 10 kopecks of 1957 with 16 ribbons instead of 15. And 10 kopecks of the previous 1956 with a coat of arms wreath of 15 ribbons instead of 16, which began to be used only from next year. Each is valued at 50,000 rubles.

Of particular interest to numismatists (and therefore expensive ones), I will note the rare crossovers of 3 and 20 kopecks of 1931-1934. The fact is that the name of the state of the USSR on 3 kopecks was placed on the front side with the coat of arms, and on 20 kopecks. in the form of a circular inscription "Union of Soviet Socialist Republics" on the reverse side with a hammer and face value. When, by mistake, 3 kopecks were minted using a face close in diameter to 20 kopecks, a dash could be seen under the coat of arms instead of the usual abbreviation of the USSR, i.e. the name of the state on the coin was completely absent. But the crossing is 20 kopecks with a coat of arms from 3 kopecks. declared its state affiliation twice on each side - both in short and in full. Auction prices for such error coins reach 100 thousand rubles or more.

3. The most valuable trial coins of the USSR in 1953 and 1956

Quite a lot is known about trial coins of the USSR for 70 years of their minting. The vast majority survived only in a few copies and are either in museums or in the archives of the State. Jar. Their prices and rarity can only be discussed theoretically. Those copies that still fell into private hands were sold and bought at auctions anonymously, at extremely high prices. Thus, a trial chervonets made in copper in 1925 was sold for 5 million rubles, and the price of the unique 50 kopecks in 1929 at the auction reached a record amount of 10 million rubles.

Trial 1 kopeck 1953, two variants of the front side.

Much more common are trial coins of 1953 and 1956, which were made in the course of the implementation of the future reform of 1961. In total, several dozen species are known. And in total, if not several thousand, then several hundred for sure were preserved.

So it’s real if you don’t buy them, then at least see them. Of additional interest is the fact that these are not samples of individual coins, but attempts to develop the entire nominal range from 1 kopeck to 5 rubles. In addition, these are the coins that finally formed the design of the well-known coins of the 1961 sample.

Reverses of trial coins of 1953, the search for the optimal version.

At the auctions, where they periodically appear, you can get an idea of ​​the prevailing prices for these coins. The most common ones are estimated at 100 - 150 thousand rubles, the main options are usually sold from 250 to 700 thousand rubles.

4. Valuable coins of the USSR of the period 1961 - 1991.

After intensive coinage in 1961 and 1962, for two years, coins with a face value of 3 to 20 kopecks were not issued at all. In the next few years, these coins were produced in very limited quantities. As a result, they are rare and highly valued by collectors. Specific figures are summarized in a table for convenience.

Perhaps everyone will agree that today coins are the most popular collectible. Metal money occupy more than half of the market in this area. This is justified by the fact that coins have a very long history, numbering several millennia.

Numismatists have in their collections both antique coins and modern investment coins. The history of minting coins by the first Russian princes and the development of modern means of protecting money from counterfeiting are events separated by centuries, and numismatics is their connecting link.

This article will consider expensive coins of Russia and the USSR. Emphasis will be placed on the last period. It is worth starting with the fact that for the entire existence of the USSR, a large number of rare coins were made, which are highly valued in the circles of collectors and numismatists. So, conventionally, the period of minting coins in the above period can be divided into 2 segments, namely 1921-1958. (then there were significant metamorphoses regarding the appearance of the coins, their composition) and 1958-1991. (the rarest circulations of a number of coins are noted here, as well as errors with dates, and other interesting facts).

Factors affecting the value of coins

Some copies cost nothing at all, while others cost tens of thousands of rubles. As a rule, expensive coins of the USSR are those that are issued in a small circulation or have a factory defect (for example, the absence decal mint, a wider edging than required, which covered the ornament of the coin, etc.).

It is also customary to highlight the following factors:

• monetary reform;
• prompt withdrawal from circulation;
• military events;
• trial production (coins are not issued in mass circulation).

Coins of the USSR and RSFSR

In the first case, they were issued by the State Bank of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in 1923-1991. The minting of coins of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic falls on the period 1921-1923.

Expensive coins of the USSR: table

It shows their value for this moment based on year of issue and denomination.

Expensive old coins of the USSR of the 20s of the XX century

During this period, 2 coins were recognized as the most expensive and valuable specimens. The first of them is 1 ruble 1921. It is minted from silver (900 assay). The weight of the coin was 20.5 g, its diameter was 33.5 mm. The obverse (obverse) depicts a five-pointed star and the denomination 1 in the center in a dotted outline (circular). Above them (between unconnected branches of laurel and oak) is the inscription "Ruble".

The second equivalent valuable coin of the period under review was 1 ruble of 1922. It was issued when the leadership of the Petrograd Mining Museum changed (Peter Latyshev replaced Artur Hartmann). The very first circulation of the coin with the initials "AG" amounted to 2 million copies. The size of the circulation of the second issue (already with the initials "PL") has not been established to this day. Some surviving specimens differ in the shape of the comma, its location, in particular between “countries” and “connect”, as well as the size of the dots located around the coat of arms, the letters on the edge (edge) of the coin, namely “PL” and “AG”.

Further, in 1925, he gave collectors and numismatists 2 more expensive coins of the USSR: 1 and 2 kopecks, which were minted from copper. Their obverse and reverse were identical. The difference was only in the designation of their face value.

The reverse side of the coins bore the image of the coat of arms of the USSR, the famous slogan, the abbreviation "S.S.S.R." Today, the cost of 1 kopeck in 1925 is higher than the price of 1 ruble in 1921 and amounts to 4,000 rubles, and 2 kopecks - 50,000 rubles.

Then, in 1927, the State Bank of the USSR issued a coin with a denomination of 2 kopecks. It was made of aluminum bronze, its diameter is 18 mm, weight is 2 g. This coin is currently recognized as the most valuable among all copies that were in circulation. The original coin, unfortunately, has not been preserved to this day, even in the special storerooms of the Leningrad Mining Museum. However, there is a stamp, through which the minting of coins was to be carried out.

In 2011 (summer), the fact that a private collection had a single fifty dollars, the cost of which reached 10 million rubles, was made public.

Valuable coins of the 30s of the XX century

In 1934, another gift for numismatists was a two-kopeck coin minted from a nickel alloy. This coin (20 kopecks, 1934) is very valuable due to the fact that only 40 known copies have survived. Their rarity is justified by the destruction of the entire party due to "technical reasons". To date, the value of these coins has reached 120,000 rubles.

Expensive coins of the USSR of the 40s of the XX century

The Leningrad MD, which was moved to the city of Krasnokamsk during the war period, continued the process of minting coins, but their quality suffered significantly, due to the lack of acceptable metal, severe deterioration of equipment, and poor technical control.

On the territory of the evacuated plant, attempts were made to establish the production of 2-kopeck coins. They even released a small trial series worth 9 rubles, but the Red Army soldiers stole all the coins, so to speak, subsequently making lighters out of them, according to Shchelkov. Their last official auction price is 1 million rubles.

Expensive coins of the USSR in 1947 were recognized as rare, due to the fact that they never got into mass circulation, however, they lingered in the hands of successful numismatists. At that time, the entire circulation was rejected, since the coat of arms had an extra dressing of the ribbon on the ears (16 instead of the required 15). This is a kind of symbol of the administrative and political division of the USSR. Thus, the rarest and the 1st of the most valuable coins is considered to be 1 kopeck. 1947, minted from aluminum bronze, its price today is 50,000 rubles.

Rare coins of the USSR of the 50s of the XX century

In 1953, the Leningrad MD produced a small trial run with a modified alloy and appearance. The goal is to develop a fundamentally new alloy. Then about 6 varieties were tested. Coins minted from alloys of copper, zinc, nickel and iron, chromium and nickel have survived to this day.

Further, in 1958, almost the same thing happened as in 1947. The minted coins were sent for remelting, in connection with which they acquired significant value in the 2nd half of the 20th century. About 300 copies are known to have survived. Historically, this situation is justified by the fact that N. S. Khrushchev, at the end of his trip to the United States, was impressed by vending machines for gas water, he subsequently issued a directive regarding the development of similar equipment in our country. The main problem was that such machines only recognized coins of a certain size and weight, which made it possible for unscrupulous citizens to use copies that were already out of circulation. Coins were issued and denominations familiar to all citizens, and original ones - 2, 3, 5 rubles.

Old valuable coins of the USSR of the 60s of the XX century

The monetary reform that took place in 1961 almost completely ruled out the possibility of the appearance of rare copies of coins due to the fact that the minting at that time reached an unprecedented scale. In this period, expensive coins of the USSR, the cost of which is also very high today, are trial copies with a face value of half a kopeck, 1, 2, 3 kopecks, made in a reduced size. Subsequently, they came to the conclusion that the production of this kind of coins is not very advisable due to the fact that their minting is quite expensive, and it is inconvenient to use them. Currently, there are only about 10 such coins.

Rare coins minted in the USSR in the 70-80s of the XX century

This time, from the point of view of numismatists and collectors, is considered to be scarce. So, expensive coins of the USSR 70-80 years. - this is 5 kopecks 1970-1972, 15 kopecks 1970-1975. and 20 kopecks 1970-1976. The first ones are minted from an alloy of copper and zinc, while the second and third ones are minted from copper and nickel.

Rare coins issued at the end of the USSR

In the 90s, 5 coins of special value were made. Expensive coins of the USSR (prices for which are within 6,000 rubles), issued at the end of the empire by the Moscow MD in a limited edition, are 5, 10 kopecks. The situation changed in 1991, when these coins began to be minted with the image "M" (MMD), and 20 kopecks. acquired value, since this inscription was absent.

Issued in the same year 10 rubles. refer to instances of the period of the State Emergency Committee. The main difference is the release in a bimetallic variation (copper-nickel and copper-zinc alloy). They were also minted on MMD, as evidenced by the presence of the corresponding sign.

The last rare coin of the USSR also had a denomination of 10 rubles, but it was already issued on the LMD in a fairly small circulation.

What kind dear USSR coins left us as a legacy, we found out. But it is worth remembering that, whatever their price: a million or several thousand rubles, they are all recognized as a unique property of a bygone era, the image of which will be preserved in the form of such copies of metal money with a laconic design (a special place is given to the coat of arms on the obverse) and minted from cheap alloys.

Time passed, and instead of the Soviet monetary units, Russian ones appeared. However, this kind of antique products did not disappear from circulation without a trace. Many of them have found their rightful place in the collections.

Commemorative coins of the USSR: value

It is known that in 1965 the jubilee ruble was minted for the first time in the Soviet Union, which laid the foundation for the emergence of other coins dedicated to memorable events. They significantly differed in size from the rest of the metal money, therefore attracting with their appearance. Some put them aside out of interest, while others began to collect.

After the collapse of the USSR, they tried to keep the commemorative rubles and not exchange them for new ones.

Many today are interested in their value. To the dismay of most dear ones commemorative coins The USSR is a myth, due to a number of factors:

1. Many believe that they are made of silver, but this is absolutely not the case. Commemorative coins of the USSR are minted from cheap metals. Even if you imagine that they could be made of silver, their cost would still be low, since the determining factor here is a large number.
2. Another common rumor is that commemorative coins are highly valued by collectors. In fact, this is completely untrue, therefore, the inflated value of these metallic money is, as a rule, not advisable.
3. There is an opinion that commemorative coins are made of "eternal" metals demanded by the Japanese or Americans. This kind of judgment appeared in the era of poverty, devastation (1980-1990).

A complete collection of such coins is known to be worth approximately $350 today.

Finally, it is worth recalling that this article presented a list of expensive coins of the USSR indicating their year of issue and value.

When they talk about the thirties in the USSR, depending on the views of a person, different associations may arise. For some, this is the time of camps, hopeless terror and total dictatorship. And someone will remember that then there were great construction projects, the construction of industrial giants, which are still synonymous with major industrial achievements. There was a time of spiritual upsurge, the belief that future generations will live better than their parents. Yes, life was not easy for the common people. But, the results of the work were already clearly visible. It is impossible to describe all the processes of that time in one article. Therefore, we will pay attention only to the issue of prices and salaries. Enthusiasm, great construction projects are wonderful. But how did the people live? What could be bought with the money earned? First, consider the salaries and incomes of various categories of Soviet citizens. In order not to be unfounded, documents of that era will be cited. Let's start with working specialties.

The salary of a locksmith third, i.e. low category, according to a note in the newspaper of those years, 600 rubles a month.

And here they write about the earnings of a drilling foreman, already 1,000 rubles.

Surely, here are the brigade leaders, and for the lack of marriage, and for overfulfilling the plan by his brigade.

BUT! 1000 rub. there is an excess of the average salary in the country by 4 times (it was 250 rubles). And this is for the plan in 166%

These are, of course, the leaders of production, the Stakhanovites, as they said then. The average salary for working specialties in production was 350 rubles.

Now about the earnings of handicraftsmen and artel workers, cooperators. The fact that in the Stalinist USSR the artel-cooperative movement was highly developed will not be touched upon in this topic. Only about income. So here's a visual about the earnings of handicraftsmen:

And here's more:

Agree, not at all small incomes. After that, there are fewer questions about how beekeepers and artel workers could buy tanks for the front.

The salaries of engineers were higher than those of working specialties. So the factory engineer's salary was 1.5 thousand rubles at the end of the thirties. And this is understandable - it was necessary to stimulate people to study.

And in order to become an engineer, you need to study. Life has always been difficult for students. So how did students live in the thirties?

The Saratov Kolkhoz Agricultural College is offering scholarships of 250 rubles to those who have passed the entrance exams for three "A"s and one "Four".

For reference: In 1940, the average wage of workers and employees of the RSFSR was 339 rubles.

Let's read the newspapers of that time:

And here you can judge the income of engineers of human souls of that time:

How much did a writer earn in the USSR? This is, of course, difficult to determine.

For example, the unknown writer Lev Savin. Lev Savin is not very famous and even the Literary Encyclopedia cannot give the date of the writer's death.

SAVIN Lev (pseudonym Savely Moiseevich Lev, 1891-) - writer. R. in the family of an artisan. Graduated from a real school.

Served as an accountant. Was at the front, later a Soviet employee. He began writing in 1929.

S.'s first novel, Yushka, depicts the old barracks, the drill, and the enmity of the soldiers against the officers, but the contradictions of S.'s tsarist army have not been revealed. In the collection "Mountain-Man", along with the image of the lack of rights of the tsarist soldier ("Private Immortal"), S. refers to modern reality ("Wake Dream"). The development of the oil industry in Russia, the history of the struggle for Soviet Azerbaijan is devoted to the novel "Nafta".

The last thing S. - "Candide's sortie" - is an attempt at a satirical depiction of Nazi Germany.

A superficial understanding of fascist reality reduces the ideological and artistic quality of the novel.

From 1930 to 1935, Savin wrote 7 works, by the way, being, to put it mildly, not a very replicated writer.

The minimum circulation for an aspiring writer NOT a member of the Writers' Union was 100,000 copies. The average price of a non-thick book was 1 ruble 20 kopecks.
Total, 120,000 rubles. Irrespective of whether the circulation was sold out or not, a fee of 5,000 rubles was paid and circulation, a miserable one and a half percent ... minus income tax.
In total, a young author could buy:

Village house with yard
- modest cooperative apartment
- a modest used car (because there was a queue for a new one)

And how was the military service in the Red Army paid? Here are some scans of documents from those years:

This is from the financial documents of that time:

And the priests. Yes, priests...

What about our prices? What could you buy with your money? Here, the respected "historian30h" provided a wonderful document: "Price List of Uniform State Retail Prices for Foodstuffs" for 1935

The USSR existed for 70 years, from 1921 to 1991. During this time, many coins of small denominations were put into circulation, change coins. Some of them were issued in small editions and have become a rarity in our time.

20s:

Among the coins issued in the 20s, one of the rarest (and, therefore, expensive) was the coin 2 kopecks 1925. It was released in a small edition and is now considered a rarity. It costs more than 50 thousand rubles.

A very rare coin 50 kopecks 1929, coinage of the Leningrad Mint. The stamp of the trial minting of this coin has been preserved in the archive. So far, only one copy of this coin is known, preserved in a private collection. This copy was sold at a coin auction for 10 million rubles. It was a unique sale, the highest price that was offered for a coin of the USSR.

Also rare coins are 1 ruble 1922, 1 and 2 kopecks 1925 and 2.3 and 5 kopecks 1927. These coins are considered rare, they are quite expensive, but their value cannot be compared with 50 kopecks of 1929.

30s:

Silver coins were issued in the 1930s 10, 15 and 20 kopecks 1931. They were issued in a tiny circulation due to the fact that the USSR was preparing to switch to minting coins from a copper-nickel alloy. industrialization began and precious metals the country needed to buy technology abroad. These coins are the rarest of the Soviet silver coins, they are rare and each coin costs about 100 thousand rubles.

Another rare coin of the 30s is a coin 20 kopecks 1934. Only a few dozen copies of this coin have survived to this day. Basically, all these coins are kept in private collections, but one copy is in the Hermitage. The rest of the circulation was destroyed. The price of this coin is about 100 thousand rubles.

Coins are also rare. 5 kopecks 1933, 5 kopecks 1934 and 5 kopecks 1935(old pattern).

Silver rare coins of the USSR 1931

40s:

In 1941 the Great Patriotic War. Leningrad was under blockade in the first months of the war. The Leningrad Mint was evacuated to the city of Krasnokamensk, but in wartime there was no high-quality metal, and the workers were drafted into the army. The Mint was able to resume minting coins only in the second half of 1942. Only 450 coins were minted. 2 kopecks 1942, not a single coin of this circulation has survived to our time. coins 10 and 15 kopecks 1942 also minted in a small circulation, but these coins have survived to this day, although they are very rare. Coins are also rare. 10 kopecks 1944 and coins of any denomination of 1947. Almost all coins of 1947 were sent for remelting due to an error in the number of bandages on the image of the emblem of the USSR. But some of the coins of the 1947 edition still ended up in collections.

50s:

In 1958, N.S. Khrushchev visited America and was fascinated by retail trade through vending machines. It was enough to throw a coin and the machine gave out the right thing. Khrushchev decided to introduce a similar trade in the USSR. He instructed to start designing such machines and issue special coins for them. In 1958, it was planned to carry out a monetary reform and coins suitable for automatic machines, it was decided to put into circulation as part of this reform. Coins were minted, but the reform in 1958 did not take place. The coins were sent to be melted down. But some of the coins, as is often the case, still survived. These coins are rare coins and cost more than 120 thousand rubles apiece.

60s:

In 1958, the monetary reform did not take place. It happened in 1961. During the reform, a monetary denomination was to be carried out, and the purchasing power of each coin was to increase 10 times. And then the idea appeared that the smallest coin could be not a penny, but ½ a penny. Test copies were printed ½ kopeck 1961, but the cost of minting was considered too high and it was decided to refuse to issue this coin into circulation. Currently, about a dozen of these coins have been preserved, and the cost of one copy is more than 500 thousand rubles.

90s:

In 1991, dramatic events took place in the history of the USSR. Unexpectedly for everyone, the country ceased to exist. Citizens did not immediately realize what had happened. And the Leningrad Mint minted a small batch of coins 10 rubles 1992. The design of the coins was the same as that of small change coins of 1991, but hyperinflation had already begun in the country, and not kopecks, but rubles began to be used as small coins. This coin is rare and highly valued among collectors.

Thus, according to the list of rare coins issued in the USSR, one can study the history of our country, its main stages are well reflected even in small change coins.