Russia 1780-SP 10 rubles Fr-129b
This specimen was lot 4428 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2022), where it sold for $13,200. The catalog description[1] noted, "RUSSIA. 10 Rubles, 1780-CNB. St. Petersburg Mint. Catherine II (the Great). PCGS AU-58. This attractive specimen is a hard issue to find, with only slightly more than a score being registered at NGC or PCGS. This particular example is host to a slightly soft strike, but has an attractive original mint sheen to the gold. A very beautiful and entrancing issue. From the Mark and Lottie Salton Collection." This type was struck 1777-82 and superseded the ten rubles of the Czarina Elizabeth which were 16.59 grams.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 13.08 g, 0.917 fine gold, .385 troy oz AGW.
Catalog reference: Fr-129b; KM-C79b; Bit-38.
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- 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.
- 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.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The 2022 NYINC Sale: World and Ancient Coins, featuring the Mark and Lottie Salton Collection and the Pat Johnson Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.
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