[Harrison Bergeron]

" Now the Russian Govt and Russian News Media are urging the Russian Citizens to trade in their US Dollars for the Gold Coin."

Heh heh. Producers of gold coinage do this every day. It's a very high margin commodity and the gold sellers make a killing off of the panicky gold bugs.

[dobbyman]

This is different than what you are referring to since I am referring to a currency endorsed by the Russian Govt and the News Media. The USA does not have Gold currency although Gold bullion coins are sold.

That's why I would have liked to get a knowledgeable Russian to respond to this subject to clarify if yes indeed that it is a curency and any other detail

Dobbyman