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Crimea Wastes No Time - Mints New Coinage Already

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With the ink still wet on the referendum vote slips and the Duma's agreement to accept Crimea into Mother Russia, the Crimean Mint (since we pre-suppose there is one) has wasted no time in creating the new coinage for the nation. As Crimea transitions quickly to the Russian Ruble, they have created their own "Crimea-styled" currency... perhaps to be named the 'cruble'?

 

 

h/t @abunin

 

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Wed, 03/19/2014 - 11:28 | 4567758 Itchy and Scratchy
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Crit-coins!

Wed, 03/19/2014 - 11:29 | 4567763 ParkAveFlasher
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Cropeks

Wed, 03/19/2014 - 11:32 | 4567779 fonestar
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Was hoping they would have a big "B" on them like the Casascius coins.

Wed, 03/19/2014 - 11:35 | 4567789 Latina Lover
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When the local russian girls start accepting the coins, then you will know they are  currency.

Wed, 03/19/2014 - 11:41 | 4567825 Soul Glow
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Back it with gold then.  Sparkle, sparkle.

Wed, 03/19/2014 - 11:42 | 4567833 fonestar
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Why do you need to "back" anything?  Oh right, because you're fakes that want .gov involved with your money.  At the end of the day when push comes to shove you are Republican voters and not anarchists.

Wed, 03/19/2014 - 11:46 | 4567849 Bonapartist
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Which Chinese province are you in again?

Wed, 03/19/2014 - 11:48 | 4567858 fonestar
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Yeah, the Chinese gov are trolling your site you dumbass.  That makes perfect sense seeing as how they want the Yuan to appreciate?  Just like how NSA/CIA is out to destroy the dollar?  You people are fucking retarded, rotted-out brains.

Wed, 03/19/2014 - 11:49 | 4567871 Soul Glow
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Ad hom right off the bat; don't you have any other way to frame this argument?  No?  Because bitcoins are crap and you don't even know who came up with the idea.  You can't even form a rational discussion to make it informative.

Wed, 03/19/2014 - 11:52 | 4567884 fonestar
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Frame what argument?  Is fonestar supposed to argue with such mental midgets who don't even make sense?  This is just poking and laughing at the retarded kid.

Wed, 03/19/2014 - 11:54 | 4567906 Bonapartist
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bitcoin huckster calling other people retarded- priceless.

Wed, 03/19/2014 - 11:56 | 4567915 fonestar
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Winning since $16 BTC. 

Zeroheads = Losers, dummies and proud of it.

Wed, 03/19/2014 - 12:00 | 4567939 Soul Glow
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Having a bad day?

Wed, 03/19/2014 - 12:01 | 4567948 fonestar
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fonestar does what fonestars do.

Wed, 03/19/2014 - 12:06 | 4567967 Headbanger
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No,  you mean what fonetards do!

Wed, 03/19/2014 - 12:25 | 4568055 The Phu
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That's not Crimean coinage -- The top of the obverse says "Russian Federation" and the bottom says "Republic of Crimea."  The reverse, which is barely shown on the right, states at the top "Bank Rossii" or Bank of Russia" and then the denomination of 10 rubles is listed. 

 

This is a Russian coin... these are Russian Rubles.

Wed, 03/19/2014 - 12:39 | 4568128 flacon
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Fonestar, hey, gold is not backed by anything either - remember that youtube video that went viral a few months ago?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLL2r3hXmjA

 

Wed, 03/19/2014 - 13:00 | 4568225 fonestar
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The whole idea of gold is that it is not backed by anything.  The whole "backing" shit comes from a gold standard (gov paper).  That's why the posters here are obsessed with "backing" because they don't want to use real gold.  If they did, they wouldn't care about "backing".

Wed, 03/19/2014 - 13:46 | 4568456 exi1ed0ne
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How to derail honest discussion101:

Start shitposting.  Well done gentlemen.

Wed, 03/19/2014 - 13:59 | 4568529 fonestar
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Damnit, just refute one single thing fonestar has said at least!  Fiat statists are only different from gold statists in a matter of degrees!

NEITHER OF THEM WANT GOLD MONEY!

Wed, 03/19/2014 - 15:36 | 4569114 Joe Sixpack
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Hey comrade, when you are out for a night of vodka with the boys, you need some crubles clinging in your pocket.

Wed, 03/19/2014 - 12:34 | 4568107 thatthingcanfly
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Point of order: What fonestar said might have been abusive (though it appeared to me he was adequately provoked), but it was not ad hominem. To be considered ad hominem, his statement has to attack or question his opponent's character, background, etc. and use the substance of this attack to suggest a flaw in the opponent's logic.

Saying, "You're a retard." doesn't get one to ad hominem.

Wed, 03/19/2014 - 12:13 | 4568003 StupidEarthlings
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I wasnt sure who the "retarded kid" was... 

I think I got it now though.   ;)

Wed, 03/19/2014 - 11:56 | 4567908 knukles
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They spelled "Mx^+oopPRthGffcc" wrong on the top left of the front of the coin.....
Why is it I'm the one who has to fix everybody else's screwups?

Wed, 03/19/2014 - 11:58 | 4567932 Cognitive Dissonance
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Always fascinated by the 'realty creation' process of 'minting' a coin to represent.......um.....reality?

Wed, 03/19/2014 - 12:08 | 4567977 Dr. Engali
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Lol... Good catch Knuckles. You have a keen eye. Have you considered a job at the NSA in cryptography?

Wed, 03/19/2014 - 12:12 | 4568000 cossack55
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I think they loaded the photo backwards.

Wed, 03/19/2014 - 12:45 | 4568151 Bunga Bunga
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Does it matter to you who came out with the idea to dig out gold and use it as decoration? And does it matter to you who came out with the idea to use gold as currency and as store of value? I guess not. And for all of us it doesn't matter either, it does not change anything of the status of gold.

Wed, 03/19/2014 - 11:52 | 4567887 Bonapartist
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Sure they want the yuan to appreciate- so the jobs can flee from China to Vietnam even faster.

Wed, 03/19/2014 - 11:55 | 4567910 fonestar
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The Chinese have learned from the west's mistakes and for the most part, they are making the right moves.

Wed, 03/19/2014 - 11:47 | 4567854 Dr. Engali
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Yawn.... No seriously don't you have anything better than that?

Wed, 03/19/2014 - 11:49 | 4567864 fonestar
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Your shit dollar is not coming back.  It doesn't matter what the Fed or anyone else says it's "backed" with.

Wed, 03/19/2014 - 11:54 | 4567900 Dr. Engali
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Yeah no fraking shit. Tell us something new.

Wed, 03/19/2014 - 11:55 | 4567911 Bonapartist
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bitcoin will save us all

Wed, 03/19/2014 - 11:58 | 4567926 fonestar
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No, Bitcoin is going to annihilate you dipshits, your "laws", your society and you know it.

Wed, 03/19/2014 - 11:48 | 4567862 Soul Glow
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Ad hom right off the bat; don't you have any other way to frame this argument?  No?  Because bitcoins are crap and you don't even know who came up with the idea.  You can't even form a rational discussion to make it informative.  

Wed, 03/19/2014 - 11:50 | 4567879 fonestar
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Your dollar is crap and everyone around the world knows it.  That's why it's worth 1/610th of a BTC today.

Wed, 03/19/2014 - 12:02 | 4567949 Soul Glow
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The dollar is crap but comparing one shit currency to another makes neither money.

Wed, 03/19/2014 - 11:41 | 4567826 BaBaBouy
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Strange... WHY Isn't King PUTIN's Mug On It ??????

Wed, 03/19/2014 - 11:36 | 4567799 BaBaBouy
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Bridge Tokens

Wed, 03/19/2014 - 11:42 | 4567830 Soul Glow
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Bridge Troll Tokens

Wed, 03/19/2014 - 11:40 | 4567817 MeMongo
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Yeah B for butthead! Hurry over to cnnmoney.com. their having a real lively debate in the comment section over an article " what is better Gold or bitcoin"? I'm sure you could rule the comment section. As there seems to be alot of your bitcoin buddies high jacking the thread!

Wed, 03/19/2014 - 11:54 | 4567901 fonestar
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The crypto-anarchists are online extremists that hijack every thread!

Expect us.

Wed, 03/19/2014 - 11:33 | 4567785 Itchy and Scratchy
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Criubles

Wed, 03/19/2014 - 11:34 | 4567786 BaBaBouy
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Nice Crappy Steel Coinage Fiats Money...

AND Fully Backed By Our Smelly Fat A$$e$ ...

Wed, 03/19/2014 - 11:39 | 4567811 fonestar
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Any pathetic excuses the fake libertarians can come up with to keep the .gov money they cherish.

Wed, 03/19/2014 - 11:38 | 4567809 ebworthen
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FuckEU coins.

Wed, 03/19/2014 - 12:56 | 4568212 Itchy and Scratchy
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Poutines

Wed, 03/19/2014 - 12:57 | 4568216 Itchy and Scratchy
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Poutines

Wed, 03/19/2014 - 11:30 | 4567767 svayambhu108
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2014 year of coins, virtual or otherwise. 

Wed, 03/19/2014 - 11:47 | 4567835 Kirk2NCC1701
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Careful with those bi-metalic coins!

If they get cold enough, the differential expansion (contraction) rates might cause the middle part to fall out.  Thus showing its "separatist" tendencies, as Canadians have discovered with their "Toonies".  ;-)  ;-)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_2_dollar_coin

http://www.nytimes.com/1996/03/17/world/canada-senses-fragility-in-realm...

Wed, 03/19/2014 - 11:31 | 4567778 Aeternus
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They should take advantage of this opportunity and create a 1 Trillion Platinum Crimea Coin......

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oZx8XD9U8s

Wed, 03/19/2014 - 11:36 | 4567796 McMolotov
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They should have put a big middle finger on one side and "Fuck the EU and USA" on the other.

Wed, 03/19/2014 - 11:37 | 4567800 Kirk2NCC1701
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McCain:  Crime-coins!

Wed, 03/19/2014 - 11:43 | 4567834 TheGermanGuy
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If I´ll ever have to live in a world, where Cain-Coins are legal tender, I´ll spent them all on Scotch and drink myself to death

Wed, 03/19/2014 - 11:49 | 4567868 Canadian Dirtlump
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In light of the rabid neo nazis who are sprinkled in prominent positions in the new US backed puppet Ukrainian regime I wonder how long it will take for new coinage to appear perhaps with a certain moustachioed gent on one side, and some runic inscription on the other..

 

LOL..

 

http://www.intrepidreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Nuland-Coin.jpg

Wed, 03/19/2014 - 11:58 | 4567934 Son of Captain Nemo
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That picture is priceless!

+100

Wed, 03/19/2014 - 12:01 | 4567947 Canadian Dirtlump
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You fucking can't make this shit up. The truth indeed is stranger than fiction.

Wed, 03/19/2014 - 12:17 | 4568011 Son of Captain Nemo
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The truth indeed is stranger than fiction.

Indeed CD they are beyond anything we could ever imagine and that picture speaks volumes in the the shame department.  Add a sound file with a violin playing in the background and a donation page...

The Zionsits have absolutely no shame! And why would anyone think they ever had it given what we've already seen them continue to do in the World?...

You would think the people in the EU would be demanding that their governments throw the embassies in Israel, the U.S., Canada and U.K. out of theirown Countries not only out of disgust but for self-preservation at this stage?

If the next major war is started by the Zionist Neocon establishment it is their asses that will be charbroiled first just as it was the last time.

Wed, 03/19/2014 - 12:02 | 4567952 Son of Captain Nemo
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Let me add to that...

Nothin says lovin a Holocaust like Vicky Nuland!

Wed, 03/19/2014 - 12:49 | 4568173 duffelpud
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Wasting no time putting the CRIME in Crimea.

Wed, 03/19/2014 - 11:30 | 4567768 ebworthen
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Oooh!  I want some!

And yes, tangible things you hold in your hand affect your mind, thoughts, and actions.

Wed, 03/19/2014 - 11:40 | 4567818 Bearwagon
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So I suggest that you get yourself a tangible thing, say a beer, into the hand to use this fact to your personal advantage! ;-)

Wed, 03/19/2014 - 11:31 | 4567769 Capitalist
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Like all fiat currencies, there are plenty of men with guns to persude people to use the new fiat.

Wed, 03/19/2014 - 11:30 | 4567772 BandGap
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Get them while they're hot.

What, no paper?

Wed, 03/19/2014 - 11:31 | 4567774 PlusTic
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what, no picture of Putin on it?  that needs to be corrected!

Wed, 03/19/2014 - 11:33 | 4567775 ejmoosa
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Meanwhile, in the US, it takes forever to get anything done.....

We have not even started looking into Genghazi or the IRS scandal.

Wed, 03/19/2014 - 11:47 | 4567852 lordylord
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Unless the gov is making pretty signs to keep people out of national parks.  They got that done the same day as the the government "shut down".  

Wed, 03/19/2014 - 11:31 | 4567776 TalkToLind
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Did the press secretary really tell the gum chewing public to short the Russian stock market?  LOL.  BULLISH...for the Russian stock market that is.  Boris will be rich!  He will wear a shirt made of gold thread and have a miniature giraffe as a house pet.  Strong Russian women will hand Boris trays stacked high with heavy gold bullion bars.

Wed, 03/19/2014 - 11:32 | 4567777 Dr. Engali
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What no river on the Crimea coins? No sense of humor.

Wed, 03/19/2014 - 12:01 | 4567945 Dollarmedes
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Crimea already had the blanks made up. They were based on the Elvis Commemorative Collection from the Franklin Mint.

Wed, 03/19/2014 - 11:35 | 4567783 kchrisc
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The IMF and BIS aren't going to be happy about this.

"You can't counterfeit your own money. That’s our privilege."

 

“The guillotine is like a bank for the heads of the banksters—‘And it’s gone. Next’.”

Wed, 03/19/2014 - 11:35 | 4567792 Cacete de Ouro
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Bad money drives out good...or should that be strong money drives out weak?

Wed, 03/19/2014 - 11:36 | 4567794 shutdown
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I was hoping for at least a tiny hammer and sickle. 

Wed, 03/19/2014 - 11:36 | 4567795 Son of Captain Nemo
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 Jack Lew has spoken!  At least the American people know who's in charge...

On the second one Tyler you really need to start posting more Pravda VOR and this guy.

Enjoy the bookends people!

 

Wed, 03/19/2014 - 11:37 | 4567802 Smegley Wanxalot
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I think those are Franklin Mint coins, commemorating the liberation of Crimea, which can be had in this limited time offer of only 14 easy monthly payments of $29.95 plus shipping and handling!

ACT NOW!

Wed, 03/19/2014 - 11:38 | 4567807 jovius
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Just call it the Crucible.  Seems fitting.

Wed, 03/19/2014 - 11:53 | 4567894 waterwitch
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or the crumble?

Wed, 03/19/2014 - 11:39 | 4567812 Frank N. Beans
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i hope they start out right and put some gold or silver content in those coins

 

Wed, 03/19/2014 - 11:40 | 4567815 Kirk2NCC1701
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Don't know why Lew would have a beef with this.  After all, I do believe it says "Socialist Federal Republic".

Just like in the good old USSA.

Wed, 03/19/2014 - 11:41 | 4567819 Soul Glow
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Back it with gold, Crimea!  

Wed, 03/19/2014 - 11:41 | 4567822 Bill of Rights
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And this is backed by what? Oh wait how silly of me, thin air.

Wed, 03/19/2014 - 11:44 | 4567842 Soul Glow
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Net!  It's backed vith the promice that all veell pay zee debts!

Wed, 03/19/2014 - 12:17 | 4568026 Fix-ItSilly
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backed by the same thing as America - muscle.

Wed, 03/19/2014 - 12:30 | 4568083 Ness.
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 backed by the same thing as America - muscle.

 

backed by the same thing as America - missile.

Wed, 03/19/2014 - 11:41 | 4567827 Byte Me
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Isn't that a restamped Euro coin? 10 RU eh? Shape of things to come ..

Wed, 03/19/2014 - 11:42 | 4567832 icanhasbailout
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I propose they call the new unit of currency the "Nuland"

Wed, 03/19/2014 - 11:44 | 4567840 HardlyZero
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Crube.

Crimean Rube.

Like iPhone, iPad...

Wed, 03/19/2014 - 11:43 | 4567841 message2gowri
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One more Printing Press on full throttle on Funny "Money"!! 

Wed, 03/19/2014 - 11:44 | 4567845 HastaLaVista
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It's fake. Only old russian 10 roubles coins are bi-metallic (prior to 2004, if I remember correctly). Other side of this coin is also looks different than any of existing Russian coins. 100% fake. 

Wed, 03/19/2014 - 11:47 | 4567857 Rising Sun
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Hey look everyone!!!!  MOAR SHITCOINS!!!!!

 

Weeeeeee!!!!!!!  Buy Crimean Shitcoins!!!!!!!

Wed, 03/19/2014 - 12:05 | 4567964 ZeroPoint
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Not backed by gold? Shocker!!!

Wed, 03/19/2014 - 12:06 | 4567966 no1wonder
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President Putin has ordered the Labor Ministry to urgently increase pensions in Crimea to conform to Russian standards, once the peninsula officially joins Russia.

“All Russian citizens must be in equal conditions. Doing this is your task. And don’t waste time, do it as soon as possible,” he told Labor Minister Maksim Topilin.

There are about 677,000 people in Crimea eligible to receive pension from the government. Most of them would have the payments increased by 1.8 to 2 times after the reunification, according to the ministry estimates.

RT (12:20 GMT)

Wed, 03/19/2014 - 12:16 | 4568015 Fix-ItSilly
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West Germany leveraged East Germany to a greater leverage - with the currency replacement. Not only pensions jumped in value, but all E. German assets.  I don't know what happened to pensions.

Wed, 03/19/2014 - 12:16 | 4568014 William.M.Tweed
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Putin minted the new coins with his bare hands

 

The appearance of the law must be upheld, Especially when it's being broken

Wed, 03/19/2014 - 12:18 | 4568028 kw2012
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How about Crumbles?

Wed, 03/19/2014 - 12:19 | 4568036 NoTTD
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On the obverse it reads:  "Crimea River".

Wed, 03/19/2014 - 12:30 | 4568088 kw2012
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I see what you did there.

Wed, 03/19/2014 - 12:20 | 4568038 hungrydweller
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CrimeCoin!

Wed, 03/19/2014 - 12:47 | 4568165 IridiumRebel
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That's BitCoin.

Wed, 03/19/2014 - 12:30 | 4568085 kw2012
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How about calling them Pootins?

Wed, 03/19/2014 - 12:35 | 4568110 walküre
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More evidence this was planned a long time ago. TPTB are in full charge as always.

Wed, 03/19/2014 - 12:54 | 4568197 Yen Cross
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 Those coins will make great cufflinks and buttons for formal Crimean military uniforms ... ;-)

Wed, 03/19/2014 - 12:54 | 4568198 I Write Code
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Each coin printed with a unique 256-bit number on the edge!

And a creamy chocolate filling ...

Wed, 03/19/2014 - 13:16 | 4568315 robertocarlos
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Gold and silver coins! That's awesome. Lady Jane Grey would be proud of Crimea.

Edit: Opps, the colours are a bit off so maybe they didn't use PM.

Wed, 03/19/2014 - 13:15 | 4568319 Manipuflation
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They didn't have that planned out in advance now did they?  They are bi-metallic base metal shitcoins.  Yay!  Come on Russia, let's use some silver as it is apparently worthless anyway.  No?  Well, let the digital forex "trading" begin. 

Wed, 03/19/2014 - 13:30 | 4568380 jnesfield
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I think that nine to six months ago they had the approved stamps.  Planning is everything in the NWO.

Wed, 03/19/2014 - 13:37 | 4568416 strangeglove
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Crumble!

Wed, 03/19/2014 - 13:40 | 4568433 Smiley
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So, not only Putin better at political theater and military strategy than Odrama, he apparently knows how to  get internal government infrastructure work done quickly and efficiently.  How long till the EU countries begin to 'preemptively capitulate?'  The West is being run by pussies and whiny little bitches, AND China has us by the financial short hairs; Putin must be laughing himself to sleep at night.

Wed, 03/19/2014 - 14:16 | 4568630 Gief Gold Plox
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A serious question: How long does it actually take to make dies for bi-metalic coins?

Seems awfully fast, just three days after the referendum. Almost like someone knew something in advance.

Wed, 03/19/2014 - 16:49 | 4569432 trader1
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not almost.

of course it was known in advance.  it was all planned.  

Wed, 03/19/2014 - 20:07 | 4570087 GotGalt
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the 'cruble', LOL ... I like it!

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