Palladium ruble was no use to anyone

Banks Finansy05-06-2009 Palladium ruble was no use in the production of rubles in the form of coins made of palladium, the practical meaning not believe the Central Bank representatives and analysts. Palladium - not the most popular metal, besides its price is tied to the situation in the global engineering industry, which suffers from a crisis. Yes, and repeat the success of the "golden ducats" the beginning of XX century palladium coins unlikely. The Bank of Russia sees no need to release the palladium of the ruble, announced today the first deputy chairman of the Central Bank of Russia Alexei Ulyukayev. "We can strike any coins, but investment in them will not be a profitable business for banks," - he said. With him according to analysts polled by Bigness.ru. Recall the idea of ??the release of palladium rubles was made before the State Duma Speaker Boris Gryzlov. According to him, "it would be a very stable currency." He expressed hope that the Russian ruble of palladium could become quite popular. "We may recall Nicholas gold coin, which was freely convertible and went well" - said Gryzlov. We recall that Nicholas gold coin was the basis of the monetary system of Tsarist Russia at the beginning of the twentieth century, which since 1897 has been fully backed by gold. Coin of the "10 rubles," weighed 8.6 grams and was poured from the 900 gold sample.