Belarus 2010 20 rubles KM-372

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from the Stack's Bowers February 2025 Collectors Choice Online Auction, lot 74354
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This specimen was lot 74354 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for $504. The catalog description[1] noted, "BELARUS. 20 Rubles, 2010. Vilnius Mint. NGC PROOF-69 Ultra Cameo. A lovely nearly perfect specimen, with alluring luster and hard cameo contrast." This NCLT was struck in Vilnius for Belarus to honor the 600th anniversary of the battle of Grunwald, in which the king of Poland-Lithuania defeated the Teutonic Knights. The country has been under the iron rule of Alexander Lukashenko since 1994.

Recorded mintage: 500.

Specification: 5.76 g, 0.900 fine gold, 19.8 mm diameter, 0.1667 troy oz AGW, reeded edge.

Catalog reference: KM-372.

Source:

  • Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 2001-Date, 13th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2018.
  • [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, February 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancients, World Coins & World Paper Money, David B. Simpson Medals & World Coins Part 1, Selections from the Richard Margolis Collection, and Selections from the L. E. Bruun Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.

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