Many collectors want to buy in theircollections of rare specimens of commemorative coins, badges, medals, various signs, jewelry, issued by famous mints. The Mint of Moscow produces a wide variety of unique products of this type.
What is the Mint?
An enterprise that manufactures andthe issue of coins of various denominations ordered by the State Bank, called the Mint. In addition, the company is engaged in the release of medals, orders and other numerous insignia.
The existence of an organization of such importance is obligatory in any country. Such enterprises have the highest level of secrecy.
The main share of such products in Russia is produced by the Moscow Mint.
Mints, their signs
The signs of each mint are letters or signs in the form of crosses, asterisks, dots, etc., applied to the coins by the company that struck them.
In the entire history of the existence of such establishments only in Russia there were a lot of them. Consider some of them with samples of their signs (if available).
The Red Yard was located in Moscow (1697-1797). Its designations are KD, MM, BK, MMD. He minted gold, silver and copper coins, as well as coins of special issues.
The Kadashevsky (Moscow) Mint operated in 1701-1736. Its signs are MD, MM, M, MMMDD, MDZ, MDD. It produced the minting of gold, silver and copper coins of various denominations.
Tver produced ingots of silver, hryvnia and copper pools. His signs are not known. The most active work in it was conducted from the end of the 15th century to the 1st half of the 16th century under Ivan the Terrible.
The new Moscow Mint was located rightin the center of the capital - on the Red Square. There were no signs on the coins of this manufacturer either. Worked yard from 1700 to 1718. Engaged in it chasing a penny sample pre-reform. In connection with the termination of the release of this nominal value, the company was closed.
Moscow Mint, photo, samples
Founded in 1942, April 25, by order of the people's commissariat of the Union (USSR).
Today, the Moscow Mint, except for everythinglisted above, mints also various tokens, badges, coins of various denominations and signs of other foreign states. He also produces a certain exclusive jewelry products.
Since 1995, the Moscow Mint has been part of the Goznak association.
The history of the first Moscow Mint
It is believed that in the Russian state the oldest mint is Moscow. He appeared in the time of Prince D. Donskoy. No written confirmation of this fact has been preserved.
The only confirmation is the analysis of features.coins of the times of 1362-1389 They differ in the high quality of stamps, the similarity of all banknotes issued at that time in Moscow, the presence in the minting of technological connections, the literacy of the inscriptions on the coins and a number of other signs typical of signs minted in one yard.
And according to the remaining written evidencethe first courtyard opened in 1534, during the reign of John III. It was thanks to him that the title of the leader in the production of changeable copies was fixed to Moscow.
Modern products of the Mint of Moscow
Coins of the Moscow Mint - this is its main product. For all the time of existence of this enterprise, more than 70 billion pieces were manufactured. And this is not the limit.
Today, badges have been added to the issued badges and medals.
In 1999, the production of enclosures fromgold for watches (male and female). The clock is assembled on the basis of the best mechanisms of Switzerland. The Moscow Mint is also famous for its beautiful jewelry (bracelets).
Huge variety and materials of whichits products are made: silver, gold, palladium, platinum, as well as various alloys of copper, nickel, steel and many other metals. The most famous coin in the world - the ruble of the Moscow Mint Olympic. Its release was timed to the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow.
Famous, popular, commemorative coins of the courtyard reflect the most significant historical events of the country and are the subject of collecting for numerous coin collectors and ordinary collectors.
Valuable coins of the Moscow Court
Valuable coins are not necessarily products made of precious metals or from ancient eras. They can be successfully found among the ordinary ones in circulation.
In 1997, the Moscow Mint minted1 ruble coins. A huge number of them were released. However, some of them have their own peculiarity - the presence of a wide edge. Moreover, the number of such coins is not very large, the exact number is not known. In this regard, they are in demand and valuable among coin collectors.
To distinguish such coins (with a wide edging) is notcomplicated. On the obverse of the coin in the upper right quarter of the circle there is an ornament in the form of vegetation. In the ordinary ruble of the same model year, the “curl” of the pattern is fully visible, and in rare coins, part of this curl is not visible, it is under the edging.
