Russia 1801-CM FT ruble Dav-278
This specimen was lot 75398 in Stack's Bowers May 2026 World Premier Collectors Choice Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, May 2026), where it sold for $170.80. The catalog description[1] noted, "RUSSIA. Ruble, 1801-CM OU. Uncertain (Banking) Mint in St. Petersburg. Paul I. PCGS Genuine--Scratch, Fair Details. From the Odessa Collection." The SCWC records this product of the St. Petersburg mint (СПБ) for 1796-1801, with three mintmasters recorded for 1801. The type is not rare in circulated condition. The 1798-1800 dates are recorded in Davenport as Dav-1688 but are the same type. It is lighter than the ruble of Catherine II (Dav-1686) but higher in purity, resulting in the same amount of silver.
Recorded mintage: 3,143,001, including assayers Osip Meijer ("OM"), Alexey Ivanov ("АИ") and Fedor Cetreus ("ФЦ", shown here).
Specification: 20.73 g, 0.868 fine silver, 37 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: Dav-278, KM-C101a; Bit-45.
- Bitkin, Vladimir, Composite Catalogue of Russian Coins, Part II (1740-1917), Kiev: Moneta, 2003.
- Davenport, John S., European Crowns and Talers, Since 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, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, May 2026 World Premier Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancients, World Coins & World Paper Money, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2026.
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