The most expensive, rare and valuable coins of modern Russia

This review considers only coins of modern Russia with a denomination of 2 rubles. Regularly minted two-ruble banknotes, which are now in circulation, have been issued in the Russian Federation since 1997. Some specimens are of very high interest to collectors.

Below we will tell you how to avoid missing these expensive coins when sorting through modern small items. We have prepared an overview of the most valuable, rare and expensive of them.

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1999 coins

The first rare coin with a face value of 2 rubles appeared in 1999, or rather no, it was different.
Initially, it was believed that this year's coins never entered circulation, but around 2005 these coins surfaced. Initially, it was a sensation and the first finds were bought very expensive, but then more and more of them began to be found. Today this coin is not a rarity, but there are significantly fewer of them than, for example, 2 rubles from 1998.
Especially Moscow ones, for MMD you can get from 500 rubles if they are in good condition. St. Petersburg costs 200 rubles at most.

What years of coins are rare today?

Besides the 2012, there are several other options that are highly prized and quite rare. The most expensive coins today:

1. year 2001. There was no regular minting, but sometimes you come across items that were most likely produced in trial batches. This is a great find, for which you can get up to 300,000 rubles. Another valuable specimen is the coins with Gagarin, issued as part of the anniversary series. The most expensive ones do not have a mint mark; for them you can get about 15,000 rubles.
2. 2002 Two-ruble coins were minted only for collection sets. Therefore, they are most often sold as a set; it is very difficult to find a single version, although occasionally they are found in thematic communities and on specialized sites. The cost of one element, even in not the best condition, can range from 8,000 to 9,000 rubles.
3. 2003 A small batch (about 15,000 pieces) was minted at SPMD, which was intended for completing souvenir sets. As a result, the sets were not produced and the banknotes were put into circulation. Finding them is becoming more and more difficult every year, so the price can reach 25,000 rubles. If you are lucky enough to become the owner of a copy marked MMD, you can get from 200 to 300 thousand rubles.
4. 2011. There was also no mass issue; there are single coins, for which they ask for about 300,000 rubles. Experts believe that these are custom or trial options, of which there are very few. All encountered specimens are marked SPMD.
5. 2016 Here the situation is similar to 2011, since two-ruble coins were not issued, but there are products produced by the St. Petersburg Mint. They cost about 300,000 rubles, like other very rare coins.

There is another category of rare coins, they do not depend on the year of issue and most often appeared as a result of equipment failure. Simply put, this is a marriage that somehow ended up in circulation. There are many options, the most common are the following:

1. The sides of the coin are rotated 180°. That is, the obverse is positioned upside down relative to the reverse. Depending on the year and condition, you can get several thousand rubles per coin.
2. Stamp splitting: as a result of equipment malfunction, a characteristic strip is formed on the surface, which can have different sizes and directions. Usually the cost is about 1,000 rubles.
3. Bites around the edges. They are formed as a result of displacement of elements during carving - small pieces of metal are missing at the edges. The cost depends on the condition and nature of the damage, on average it is 1,500 rubles.
4. Coins with two obverses or two reverses. Another defect that occurs infrequently and makes the piece desirable for many collectors, especially if the condition is decent. The price today does not exceed 3,000 rubles.
5. A separate group is products with a pronounced displacement or multiple strokes of the stamp, when the image bifurcates. Previously, they were very valuable, but in recent years there have been many such options, so prices have dropped to a couple of thousand rubles.
6. The highest valued options are those minted on blanks from coins of a different denomination. They can be bought for 20,000-30,000 rubles if the condition is good.

By the way!

Any deviations increase the price of two-ruble notes, but not all of them are equally interesting to collectors, which affects the price. On the Internet you can find photos with samples of the most valuable specimens.

Coins 2 rubles “Hero Cities” 2000

In 2000, the Central Bank of the Russian Federation did not put into circulation a single ordinary coin with a face value of 2 rubles, but a whole series of “Hero Cities” coins appeared. A total of 7 types of coins were issued, each of them is dedicated to cities with the status of Hero City:

• Leningrad;
• Moscow;
• Murmansk;
• Novorossiysk;
• Smolensk;
• Stalingrad;
• Tula.

In 2021, a continuation of the Hero Cities series was released, 2 coins in honor of the city of Kerch and the city of Sevastopol, you can buy such coins for 30 rubles, and it is much more pleasant to receive them in change.

These coins do not represent the very pocket treasure that we are looking for, the price for them does not exceed 100 rubles apiece, and in circulation they can be found less and less often.

Expensive 2 ruble coins made of precious metals

Having mentioned silver, in conclusion we will return to it. Here, expensive positions are not so well known to the general public, but it is useful to know about them. First of all, we will show 2 rubles of 1999 Kosta Khetagurov. Once their cost exceeded 34,000 rubles , but now it has dropped to 20,000. Most likely, the secret lies in the unusually low circulation of the Outstanding Personalities of Russia series for those years. After all, the coins of Roerich, Pavlov and Bryullov with the same date were minted in the amount of 15,000 pieces, while the Khetagurovs were only 3,000.

Rare are 2 rubles 1995 Flags with an error. Series 50th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. has a single reverse, familiar to us from the State Emergency Committee coins (pictured on the right). But on a small part of the edition of Flags, the front side is occupied by the emblem of the Central Bank. The crossover is offered for sale infrequently, and its price rarely drops below 100 thousand rubles. The same two-ruble coin with the PF69 ULTRA CAMEO grade set a record at auction, going for 206,783 ₽ .

Coin 2 rubles 2001 Gagarin

There is a very interesting moment with the commemorative coin dedicated to the 40th anniversary of mankind’s first flight into space. Many people often confuse an ordinary commemorative coin with its rare variety. Let's figure it out once and for all, look, it's simple:

Let's start with the fact that all anniversaries with Yuri Gagarin were stamped both at the St. Petersburg and Moscow Mint. During production in Moscow, there was a batch of defects that leaked into circulation. So, it is coins with defects that are rare and, accordingly, are expensive.

The essence of the marriage is that there is no mark of the Moscow Mint on the coin. If we look at the reverse of the coin (where the number 2 is), we will not find the MMD sign in the area of ​​the floral pattern. There is no sign - the coin is rare and costs more than 12,000 rubles.

If there is a sign, then the coin is ordinary, but for coins in perfect condition, you can get 50-100 rubles, depending on the mint, St. Petersburg ones are more expensive.

Rare years and varieties

Sequentially, year by year, we will consider what features a particular coin should have, the sale of which can bring significant benefits. Let’s make a reservation that we will describe only such features (varieties) that can be identified not only by specialists, but also by people without special knowledge and skills.

If you wish, you can continue a deeper study of all rare varieties in the detailed catalog of varieties of coins with a denomination of 2 rubles.

1997 and 1998 - price up to 300 rubles.

You will come across 2-ruble coins with the dates “1997” and “1998” very often, since a huge number of them were minted in the first years of monetary reform. But as the years go by, the images on the coins are erased as they circulate, and the surface becomes dull. At the same time, every year new people come to numismatics who are looking for brilliant specimens for their collections. Therefore, collectors pay up to 300 rubles at auction for two-room coins from 1997 and 1998 with a bright stamp shine. This means that when sorting through piggy banks, you should put aside copies of the first years of coinage, which are in decent preservation (XF, aUNC).

The photo shows an example of a decently preserved specimen, valued at more than 200 rubles.

1999 - up to 600 rubles.

In 1999, the scale of minting decreased sharply. Therefore, this year's 2 rubles are infrequent. Even in mediocre condition, coins are valued much higher than their face value. The price also depends significantly on the place of issue. With the letters MMD, highly preserved specimens sell for more than 600 rubles, and with the letters SPMD they are valued 2-3 times less.

2000 - up to 200 rubles.

This year, the anniversary two-room coins of the “Hero Cities” series were put into circulation. In total, the 2000 cycle included 7 issues. Like other early anniversary issues, these coins are relatively highly valued (up to 200 rubles per copy).

2001 - up to 300,000 rubles.

Many reference books and catalogs claim that there is a 2 ruble coin of 2001 of regular mintage. We are talking about a couple of proof pieces taken out from the mint in next year's coin sets. The cost of such a rarity is calculated in amounts with five zeros.

In addition, there was an anniversary issue with the image of Gagarin. A very small part of the issue was issued without a mint mark. If you find an anniversary banknote with Gagarin on it, which does not have the manufacturer’s mark, then you can earn up to 15 thousand rubles on it.

The photo shows a commemorative coin without the MD sign:

2002 - 9,000 rubles.

In 2002, two rubles were minted only for collection sets. The cost of such sets is high, but the chances of finding a single coin in circulation tend to zero. It would seem, who would come up with the idea of ​​opening a valuable set and sending expensive coins (their price is about 8-9 thousand rubles) into circulation? But to the surprise of skeptics, this also happens; in our group on VKontakte, heavily worn specimens from 2002, caught from bank bags, have already been demonstrated.

The photo shows a set of Bank of Russia coins for 2002:

2003 - up to 300,000 rubles.

In 2003, a small number of 2 ruble coins were minted at SPMD. An edition of 15,000 is usually mentioned. These copies were to be used to complete annual souvenir sets. But such sets were still not released, and the prepared banknotes were sent into circulation. Every year the number of uncaught specimens decreases, and their value is rapidly growing (up to 25,000 rubles).

There is also information that this year a coin was also released on MMD. There is very little information about this release, but some catalogs include it. Its cost, like other rare specimens, is 200-300 thousand rubles.

2006, 2007, 2008

Among the issues of these years, you should not look for particularly valuable 2-ruble copies. It is possible to choose copies with shine or some interesting defect; such coins can be sold for more than their face value.

2009, 2010

It is believed that the two-room SPMD cars are from 2009 and 2010. They cost a little more than face value, but it’s very difficult to find a buyer for them.

2011 - 2012 - up to 300,000 rubles.

2 rubles of SPMD from 2011 and 2012 were noticed at the auction. These coins were not in mass production; perhaps, the auctions were either test copies or custom-made ones. They are among the rarest modern banknotes. The corresponding cost is 300 thousand rubles.

2013, 2014, 2015

During this period, coins that were not the most interesting from a numismatic point of view were released. Massive, and without a variety of varieties. But even these kopeck pieces should be sorted out; among them, specimens with highly sought-after defects may be found. See examples at the end of the article.

2016 - up to 300,000 rubles.

In 2021, a situation similar to that described above in 2011 and 2012 occurred. At auctions, 2 rubles of St. Petersburg mintage (SPMD) were noticed, which were not produced en masse. It seems that several two-piece SPMD coins (worth about 300 thousand rubles) were minted to order this year.

2017, 2021, 2019

The copies of recent years of production should be classified as insufficiently studied. It can be expected that among them in the future either expensive varieties or valuable test specimens will be found.

Coin 2 rubles 2001 regular

In the 2002 sets, coins from 2001 were initially included due to an oversight. Including the treasured two-room apartment there. There were very few such sets, so few that some collectors consider these coins to be a myth, or custom (when coins are stamped to order, for the purpose of resale).

These coins came across in sets of the Moscow Mint, and initially the price of such a set was 300-400 rubles. If you find such a coin today, you can count on big money after selling it. But of course, only an expert or an auction will determine the exact cost. The chances of finding such a coin are extremely low.

How to sell such coins as expensively as possible?

The answer would seem to be quite simple - you need to find coin collectors and, if possible, avoid resellers. Where are these collectors located? Here, too, everything is simple so far - on thematic forums on numismatics. I will name the most popular of them, which have sections for selling coins. In some places these sections are the main ones, in others they are related; communication between collectors to a large extent consists of mutual sales and purchases. Bidding everywhere takes place in the form of free communication in the topic, whoever offers the most is the buyer. So :

coins.su

— “CFN” is the oldest platform of all existing ones. The owner is a sort of brutal numismatist, on the one hand unceremonious, and on the other quite experienced, since he himself is a professional dealer in Soviet and Russian coins. As a result, he created one of the most authoritative platforms with strict rules and a strict rating system for participants; the possibility of running into deception during a transaction is minimal.

forums-su.com

– “Drying” is the same age as the previous resource. In fact, this is the largest Russian-language platform on the topic of faleristics (signs - awards), but the numismatics section is also adequately presented. There are almost no random visitors and everything is also quite reliable. The bidding process itself is based on an extremely simple rule: you give your word - keep it. Its implementation is controlled by forum moderators and violators are punished very strictly.

The sale of each of these coins began on one of the specified forums.

coins.lave.ru

- the so-called Samara Forum, this is the most visited site by numismatists. The reason for its popularity may lie in the fact that the situation there is extremely democratic. The forum is largely aimed at selling - buying relatively ordinary coins, ranging from common coins worth 50 - 100 rubles, to rarities worth 100 thousand.

staraya-moneta.ru

- an elite club of numismatists, although it mainly specializes in pre-revolutionary coins, the section of modern coins is also well represented. Everything is intelligent and respectable.

But before you put your valuable find up for sale, everywhere first you just need to read the topics. See what was sold and how, rummage through the archives of topics, because you can probably find sales of a similar lot. This will help you navigate the price level. If this is not for you, then at least keep in mind that when selling directly from hand to hand, you will most likely end up with a reseller. He won’t give you more than half the price, because he also needs to earn money from you.

What follows is pure theory about the really most expensive coins in Russia, but such specimens at a price of hundreds of thousands of rubles and more can no longer be found in circulation. These are either test copies stolen from MD, or something made to a “special” order, in a word, one-of-a-kind...

Set 2 rubles 2002

Two-ruble coins from 2002 are extremely rare in circulation. The reason is this: they were never put into circulation that year, and they were melted down. However, some of the coins were placed in annual sets, which could be purchased in shops at the mint.

Such sets dating back to 2002 were released by both mints, but their circulation was quite small. That is why the price tag for the two-room units from these sets is quite high. Namely, 9,000 rubles for a Moscow coin, and 8,500 for a St. Petersburg coin.

Rare coin 2 rubles 2003

From what is quite possible to catch in circulation, this is a coin with a face value of 2 rubles from 2003. That year their circulation was only 15,000 pieces. This is an extremely small circulation, imagine, only 15 thousand for the whole of Russia. But people really find and sell such coins. Its price starts from 20,000 rubles and above, this is for SPMD.

And that’s not all, not long ago a coin from the Moscow Mint surfaced on the market. Experts confirmed it's original! The price tag for such a coin was set at 300,000 rubles, and this is not final, because... A sufficient number of collectors want to receive such an exclusive into their collection, despite its price.

What types of marriage are the most expensive?

Very often there are coins with poorly minted images; this is a marriage of little interest to collectors. Such copies are difficult to sell even for 100 rubles.

Examples of coins with unstruck images:

Another common defect is stamp splitting. Small splits cost up to 100 rubles, a complete split running from edge to edge of a banknote is usually estimated at 200-300 rubles, and if the split is very thick, and is also combined with stamp chips, then the price will rise to 1 thousand rubles. In the photo there are examples of marriage:

You can easily find examples of two-ruble coins in which one side will be rotated relative to the other. Such turns are expensive if they are 90 or 180 degrees. In this case, their price will be about 1000 rubles.

Bites are considered an inexpensive marriage. Small bites are usually estimated at 2-3 hundred rubles.

The price of coins with a displaced image can range from face value to several thousand. The photo below shows examples of small displacements, estimated at 200-300 rubles.

The “stamp blockage” defect looks extremely interesting; such irregularities on the coin are caused by foreign bodies getting between the blank and the stamp. In this case, the cost depends on the location of the blockage and its size, but usually the price does not exceed 500 rubles.

From 2 to 6 thousand rubles. 2 rubles are valued with a “multiple strike” defect:

The most expensive types of defects are those minted on blanks that do not meet the standard. Their price often reaches 20-30 thousand rubles. Below are some examples:

1) minting on a blank corresponding to the size of 10 kopecks:

2) and here a blank from 10 rubles was used:

3) 2 rubles minted on a mug intended for 1 ruble:

Let's summarize. So, if you are looking for coins to sell them at a high price, then you should set aside the following 2 rubles:

• copies before 2009 in high preservation (preserving their stamp shine),
• very rare issues of 2002 and 2003,
• valuable varieties (coins with some differences in the image),
• specimens with bright and unusual types of defects.

St. Petersburg kopeck piece 2011, 2012 and 2021

Until recently, it was believed that in 2011, 2012 and 2021, no SPMD 2 ruble coins were issued at all. But a miracle happened - such coins were found and shown to the public. They are very rare, and most likely the average collector will never close these three holes in his collection.

But still, if you are lucky and by a lucky chance you find such coins in your pocket, then the predicted price for them exceeds 500 thousand rubles.

The most expensive coins of Russia found in monetary circulation

1, 2 and 5 rubles 2003.

In 2003, only penny denominations were minted in mass circulation. But at the St. Petersburg Mint a small number of 1, 2 and 5 ruble coins were produced to compile annual souvenir sets. Even colorful packaging envelopes were printed dedicated to the 300th anniversary of St. Petersburg, but for unknown reasons everything fell through. Collectors never saw them, and the delegations who came to celebrate the anniversary were left without gifts. As a result, all 15 thousand coins of each denomination were packed into bank bags and sent to storage, where they safely remained for almost three years. And only in March 2006, ruble denominations with the date 2003 began to appear in ordinary monetary circulation, causing a shock among numismatists. After all, before this it was believed that they simply did not exist, like, say, coins from 2001. Since then, prices for them have been constantly rising, now reaching 30 thousand for 1 ruble coin and 20 thousand each for 2 and 5 ruble coins. New coins are constantly being found, some will dig them up in a jar, some will get them as change, but every year there are fewer and fewer of them. Maybe you'll get lucky! Look and look for the treasured numbers 2003.

5 rubles 1999.

This is a ghost coin, at the moment there are only 3 known copies. Officially, the Central Bank denies that they were issued, although all three coins are undoubtedly genuine and made at SPMD. The only question is why and how they later got into monetary circulation, and not for melting down. At least one of those sellers who put them up for sale for 210,000 rubles. tried to convince the “numismatic community” that he received this five in a minibus. Maybe so, although you can’t say anything for the sake of an extra hundred thousand rubles. But if you believe it, look... for information: for the first two years of minting new coins, 1997 - 1998. They released so many 5-ruble notes that they were not produced for ten years until 2008. In 2002, they were issued only for souvenir sets (if you suddenly come across them, the price is 10 thousand rubles), I wrote about 2003 above. There are single copies of 5 rubles from 2001 and 2006, also genuine and also with a very vague history of appearance.

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5 kopecks 1999.

At the moment, there are only about 5 of them in the collections of numismatists; all were found among ordinary coins, more than ten years after issue. They first became famous in 2013, after a certain granny “attached” a bag of unnecessary change to a local merchant at one of the flea markets in Kemerovo. Having reviewed it, he discovered 5 kopecks from 1999, which were considered non-existent until that moment. The sale of the coin was carried out through the online forum of numismatists, the bidding began at 600 thousand rubles and at the figure of 300,000 the seller’s “wants” and the buyer’s desires coincided numerically.

Where did these two rarities with the date 1999 come from? Perhaps, when SPMD prepared new stamps for 1999, they carried out operational tests and finished coins of all denominations, as usual, were mixed with the total circulation dated 1998. And everything would have been fine if The Central Bank suddenly decided not to mint these denominations in 1999. The batch of coins on which the new stamps with three nines in the date were tested has already been distributed to the regions, and “reinforcements” in the form of the main circulation did not follow. So it’s quite likely that hundreds of other such nickels and nickels are still waiting in the wings, resting in little capsules.

Bimetallic coins of 2010 - Perm region, Chechnya, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug.

In 2010, according to the Central Bank's plan, it was planned to issue all 10 ruble coins in the “Regions of Russia” series in a regular circulation of 10 million pieces. But interruptions in the supply of bimetallic blanks to the MD disrupted these plans. The minting of Perm Territory coins stopped at around 200 thousand pieces. With an even smaller circulation, 100 thousand copies each, coins dedicated to the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug and the Chechen Republic were released.

With a certain amount of luck, they can be found in circulation; after all, they were released for circulation, and most of them ended up there. The only question is how long they stayed there. In any case, you need to know their approximate cost. A dozen dedicated to the Perm region is valued at 3,000 rubles. The most expensive coin in the selection is “Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug”, its price reaches 12,000 rubles. But if you come across a “Chechen Republic”, that’s also good, collectors buy them for 10,000 rubles. a piece.

So, we looked through the coins, if we didn’t find rare combinations of the year and the denomination, don’t be upset, the fun begins - the search for varieties that are typical only for a small part of the circulation.

1 ruble 1997 and 1998 - wide edge, a very rare and expensive variety.