Cash is circulating in the consumer market in the form of paper notes and metallic money. The weight of 10 ruble coins brings the owner a wide range of emotions from joy to grief. Imagine the role situations of one person during the day:
- In a minibus with a hundred dollar bill, the passenger was handed over the change of 8 coins with a face value of ten rubles.
- In the supermarket, the buyer could not pay by credit card, handed the cashier a thousandth note and put in the purse the change with six voiced ten-ruble circles.
- In the shoemaker’s shop, he requested 290 rubles from the client for a change in heel, returning one coin from three hundred.
By the end of the day, the owner of the metal change felt like a Venetian merchant with a bulk bag of guilders. The weight of 10 ruble coins is invisible when counting, but pronounced in the drawn pocket of the jacket. In this situation, willy-nilly, the holder of the national currency will think about the parameters of the Russian money.
Parameters of “Chervontsy” of Russia
The weight of 10 ruble coins - the predecessor with the inscription "USSR" - is 6.25 grams. The money was made of two metals: the central circle made of brass, the rim of an alloy of copper and nickel.
After the events in Belovezhskaya Pushcha, the first issue of Russian metal money took place in 1992. The Leningrad and Moscow mints produced the Russian practical unit of account. Paper money wears out over 5 years, and metal money lasts up to 30 years. A copper-nickel medium of payment in 1992 with a face value of ten rubles draws 3.75 grams.
A coin of 10 rubles 1993 release weighs 3.5 grams. Material - steel coated with cupronickel.
Then there was a long break. Mass production resumed in 2009.
Since 2009, money has been minted in brass-coated steel. Product weight is 5.63 grams.
Extra Series
From 2000 to 2015, single thematic ten-ruble money was issued.
Bimetallic stamped products remind of significant events:
- On Anniversaries of Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945.
- About the liberation of the world from fascism and the end of the Second World War.
- On the census of the country.
The plans of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation to release in 2018 two more products dedicated to the emblem and mascot of the Winter Universiade in Krasnoyarsk.
Invalid money of 2008
Commemorative coins of 10 rubles are issued in two series:
- "Ancient cities of Russia." The series is dedicated to the cities of Azov, Vladimir, Priozersk, Smolensk. The volume for each person involved is 5 million copies.
- "Russian Federation" in the amount of ten million pieces in each of the four species. Two copies are dedicated to the Kabardino-Balkarian and Udmurt republics, and a couple were minted in honor of the Astrakhan and Sverdlovsk territorial entities.
The mass of the product is 8.4 grams. Alloys of copper-zinc and copper-nickel are used.
The state order for minting was evenly distributed between MMD and SPMD.
Both series do not start from scratch. Ancient settlements are reflected on 38 coins. The Central Bank of the Russian Federation has planned minting in 2018 in honor of Gorokhovets.
Only half of the 85 constituent entities of the Federation are reflected in the regional series. An indicative deadline for completing the series on the regions, territories and republics of Russia is set for the third decade of the 21st century.
Weight and price of money
The price of metal circles on the numismatic market does not depend on the weight of 10 ruble coins. The cost is determined by the circulation, condition, features of appearance.
A worn and relieved copy during operation will provide the owner with a lifetime if this is a rare specimen.
Exact weight is typical for coins in the factory packaging. As soon as the money went hand in hand, dust and dirt stick to the surface, the weight increases.
Before buying and selling collectibles, it is useful to study the catalogs of numismatics collections.