{"product_id":"sve-packaged-stalindeathmini-41587","title":"Stalin’s Death Sentence Silver Coin (Mini Album)","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px\"\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eStalin’s Death Sentence Silver Coin (Mini Album)\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDuring the Great Depression, Joseph Stalin decreed all hard-currency silver coins in circulation be replaced by base-metal issues. This met with resistance. People hoarded the silver coins, and bank cashiers responsible for their confiscation were not as successful as Stalin expected. ”The results of the battle against the coin shortage are almost nonexistent,“ Stalin wrote to his protégé, V.M. Molotov. The agents ”probably clamped down on a few cashiers and let it go at that… It is thus important to fundamentally purge the Finance Ministry and Central Bank bureaucracy. Definitely shoot two or three dozen from these, including several dozen common cashiers.“ Stalin’s cold-blooded strategy worked. This silver 20 kopek coin is among the few, rare survivors of this period. The Soviets never again issued a circulating silver coin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition\/grade:\u003c\/strong\u003e (C) Circulated\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePhoto notice:\u003c\/strong\u003e Representative stock photos may be used. You will receive the product type, package, grade, and condition stated in this listing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne product or lot supplied per purchase. Ships with tracking. Combined orders may require recalculated shipping based on total packed weight and package size.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"SVEGroup Coin Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43195785609278,"sku":"PKG-41587","price":37.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0664\/8761\/5550\/files\/stalindeathminif.jpg?v=1786809951","url":"https:\/\/coins.svegroup.net\/products\/sve-packaged-stalindeathmini-41587","provider":"SVEGroup Coin Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}