Russia 1727-SP ruble Dav-1666

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Künker sale 335, lot 5304

This specimen was lot 5304 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (Newport Beach, CA, January 2021), where it sold for $2,880. The catalog description[1] noted, "RUSSISCHE MÜNZEN UND MEDAILLEN. ZARIN KATHARINA I., 1725-1727. Ein Rubel der Zarin Katharina I. aus St. Petersburg. Rubel 1727 (Jahreszahl im Stempel aus 1726 geändert), St. Petersburg. RR Schön-sehr schön. Laut Il'in - 25 Rubel. Laut Petrov - 40 Rubel. (Russia, empress Catherine I, 1725-27, ruble of 1727, St. Petersburg mit, 7/6 overdate. Rare, fine to very fine.)" This type was struck 1727 only. It is separated from Dav-1665 by the details of the eagle's tail feathers on the reverse, earning this issue the nickname "crow's tail".

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 28.44 g, 0.729 fine silver, 0.666 troy oz ASW, this specimen 27,33 g.

Catalog reference: Dav-1666; KM-177.3; Bitkin 155, Diakov 9.

Source:

  • Bitkin, Vladimir, Composite Catalogue of Russian Coins, Part I (1699-1740), Kiev: Moneta, 2003.
  • Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1700-1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1964.
  • Harris, Robert P., Guidebook of Russian Coins, 1725 to 1970, Santa Cruz, CA: Bonanza Press, 1971.
  • Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
  • [1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Catalog 335: Bracteates from Upper Swabia and the area of the Lake Constance | Coins and Medals from Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. the Dr. Karl Walter Bach Collection of coins of the Austrian nobility, Special collections of Bavaria, Lubeck, Wurttemberg as well as siege coins from the Eberhard Link Collection. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2020.

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