Russia 1726 2 rubles Fr-101
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This specimen was lot 12473 in Ponterio sale 177 (Chicago, August 2013), where it sold for $70,500. The catalog description[2] noted, "RUSSIA. 2 Rubles, 1726. NGC AU-58. High Grade Catherine I Gold 2 Rubles. Catherine I (1725-27)." This rare type is from Catherine I's short, unhappy reign as empress. It is reduced from the two rubles of Peter the Great (Fr-91), which was 4.1 g. The coin was raised to 3.24 g, 0.917 fine in 1756 and then lowered to 2.61 g in 1766 but was never struck on a regular basis.
Reported Mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.47 g, 0.781 fine gold, 0.087 troy AGW.
Catalog reference: Fr-101; KM-178; Bitkin-2; Severin-106B; Diakov-2.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- Bitkin, Vladimir, Composite Catalogue of Russian Coins, Part I (1699-1740), Kiev: Moneta, 2003.
- 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.
- Harris, Robert P., Guidebook of Russian Coins, 1725 to 1970, Santa Cruz, CA: Bonanza Press, 1971.
- [2]Ponterio, Richard, Ponterio sale 177: The August 2013 Chicago ANA Auction, World Coins, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers, LLC, 2013.
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