Khiva AH 1339 25 rubles
This specimen was lot 33745 in Heritage sale 3064 (Chicago, April 2018), where it sold for $144. The catalog description[1] noted, "Khiva. Khorezm Soviet People's Republic 25 Kopecks AH 1339 (1921) AU58 Brown NGC. A remarkably crisp and well-struck example of the type, displaying excessive striations (likely adjustment marks, although the weight of this pieces can vary widely)." This coin is a 25 rubles, not 25 kopeks. For KM Y16.1, the obverse legend starts with "Khwarezm"; on KM Y16.2, it starts with "shuralar". There are also 20, 100, 500 rubles, all in brass or bronze. Khiva had been a semi-independent khanate in tsarist times which seized its opportunity to declare a short-lived independence during the Russian Civil War. Stalin and the Russian Communists made short work of all the breakaway republics in the Caucasus and central Asia. The town is now in Uzbekistan.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: brass or bronze.
Catalog reference: KM-Y16.1.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Cristiano Bierrenbach and Warren Tucker, Heritage World Coin Auction 3064, featuring the Doug Robins Collection of Canadian Tokens, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2018.
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- Wikipedia article on the Khorezm People's Republic: [1]