Bale, the world's most expensive player after a move to Real Madrid in the summer, has long been Wales' lynchpin but the emergence of Ramsey helps their cause no end when trying to qualify for Euro 2016.
The 22-year-old has arguably been the Premier League's standout so far this year having scored eight goals and produced the sort of displays Arsene Wenger knew he could when deciding to land the midfielder from Cardiff five years ago.
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Coleman is obviously pleased at having two of the most frightening prospects in European football at his disposal and was full of praise for Ramsey.
'When you see what he is doing at the minute then why would you not say he is at a similar level (to Bale)?' Coleman said.
'What he's doing at the minute is enjoying his football. He's found his confidence again. He's always had the ability, he just needed to get the confidence back and he's got that.
'You can't be doing what he is doing without that. And he's doing it in every game. If he's not scoring, he looks like scoring. He's involved in everything. Rambo looks brilliant at the minute.'
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Coleman was also candid in admitting his assertion that Bale would struggle at the Santiago Bernabeu was wrong.
'He's proved everyone wrong again, including me. I just thought any normal player who misses pre-season then it would take six months to get back and find your rhythm," he said.
'A month ago after El Clasico he was getting criticised. Now a month on with more games we are seeing his ability.
'He is proving he is a world-class player. If he was English or Spanish and producing those performances and then getting the move, I don't think much would have been said.
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'But, because he's Welsh and from a small footballing country, people have gone, 'Is he worth it?'
'Is anyone worth that money at the end of the day? But that is what someone has paid. It's not Gareth's fault.
'But if we look at players all around the world and see what they can and can't do, there's not many that can do what Gareth does when he is at his best and he's finding that again.
'He's playing regularly and he looks fantastic.'
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