Coin Valuation

Hi

Does anyone know the value of this coin?

https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces93390.html

The full set of 1998 how much do you think costs?

It's very difficult to determine the value of an item like that, because it doesn't sell very often. I was able to find one ebay sale of the 1998 5 rouble token for $18 plus shipping.

I would like to know where the information on the token originates from, because Numista has the mintage as 100 while coinsbook.net has it at 6,000 (which would be another factor influencing price).

http://www.coinsbook.net/coins/copper-nickel-coin-5-roubles-km-tn14-18131

Currently on the Russian web-auctions and in Russian online stores:
5 (roubles) 1998 - asking price for XF is around $45
1998, set of 6 coins - asking price is between $250 and $400

Thank you

Цитата: "Steve27"​I would like to know where the information on the token originates from, because Numista has the mintage as 100 while coinsbook.net has it at 6,000 (which would be another factor influencing price).
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​Here is some information, also here is a Wikipedia article (sorry, didn't find anything in English). Issues of 1946, 1961, 1993 and 1998 were minted for circulation within a Soviet coal mining company "Articugol" on Spitzbergen island. Issues of 2001, 2002 and 2005 (53 varieties including precious metals) are non-circulating commemorative tokens issued by private companies for collectors. Several sources give the same number for 1998 mintage - 6,000 for each denomination. A big number of forgeries has been reported on all issues.

Цитата: "glykan"​

Цитата: "Steve27"​I would like to know where the information on the token originates from, because Numista has the mintage as 100 while coinsbook.net has it at 6,000 (which would be another factor influencing price).
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​​Here is some information, also here is a Wikipedia article (sorry, didn't find anything in English). Issues of 1946, 1961, 1993 and 1998 were minted for circulation within a Soviet coal mining company "Articugol" on Spitzbergen island. Issues of 2001, 2002 and 2005 (53 varieties including precious metals) are non-circulating commemorative tokens issued by private companies for collectors. Several sources give the same number for 1998 mintage - 6,000 for each denomination. A big number of forgeries has been reported on all issues.
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​Thanks for the links, but the information gives 100 as the mintage (now I'm really confused).

"May 1998 conventional units a year. Subjects - Artikugol - Metal - Copper Nickel (MMD) Circulation - 100 pieces.
Coin The obverse of the coin in the center inside two intertwined vegetation patterns specified denomination: a large number "5". On the outside of the circle along the edge inscriptions: at the top - "Arcticugol" at the bottom the year of issue - "1998". Over the year, there is a mark of the Moscow Mint (stylized letters "MMD").
The reverse of the coin at the bottom is a symbolic image of a globe with a map of Svalbard, the top two whales among the waves in front of them two stars. At the top of the left in a semicircle along the edge the inscription: "SPITSBERGEN".
Chasing Moscow Mint (MMD).
Subject certificate in 1998 conducted a denomination bills payment Russian trust "Arcticugol" on Svalbard. Instead of the nominal ruble began to use the term "standard unit" instead of cents - a tenth of the conventional unit. In one conventional unit was given 1000 old rubles."

OK, I did a bit more digging on a subject. Information is very fragmentary and often contradictory but you have to understand that 1998 (unlike previous issues) is NOT a government issue. There is a consensus among serious Russian collectors that 1993 was the last year when those tokens (actually, I would call them "notgeld") were issued with a purpose of circulation. 1998 was a private issue and no official information exists on the mintage. Some people claim that 0.5 denomination had only 100 copies, some say 5 had the same mintage - but I see one major thing that doesn't fit this information, namely: is there is only 100 copies of "5" (or 0.5 or any other denomination) - how comes that they are quite abandoned on the numismatic market? In fact, one can relatively easily buy the full set of 1998 below $200 - and all this with a mintage of 100 pieces???
So, in my opinion, it should be stated "mintage unknown" and everyone has to keep in their mind that there is a lot of them on the market.
The same applies to 1993 issue - officially, the whole issue supposed to be melted down due to the objections of the Norwegian government, but how comes that there are so many of 1993 on the market?