Russia 1746-MMA 1/4 ruble
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This specimen was lot 76171 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for $336. The catalog description[1] noted, "RUSSIA. 1/4 Ruble (Polupoltinnik), 1746-MMA. Moscow Mint. Elizabeth. NGC EF-45. A sharply and somewhat off center struck example, with pleasing gray toning that shows hints of almond in the fields." This type was struck in Moscow 1742-61 but is not easy to find. Mintmaster initials were added in 1751.
Recorded mintage: 368,000 including the 1746/5 overdate.
Specification: 6.46 g, 0.802 fine silver, 24 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-C17; Bit-157.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- Bitkin, Vladimir, Composite Catalogue of Russian Coins, Part II (1740-1917), Kiev: Moneta, 2003.
- Harris, Robert P., Guidebook of Russian Coins, 1725 to 1970, Santa Cruz, CA: Bonanza Press, 1971.
- [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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