Russia 1880-SP NF ruble Dav-289
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This specimen was lot 30688 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Chicago, August 2022), where it sold for $1,200. The catalog description[1] noted, "RUSSIA. Ruble, 1880-CNB HO. St. Petersburg Mint. Alexander II. NGC MS-62. The penultimate date for the issue under Alexander II, this nearly-choice crown enchants with a tone that deepens around the peripheries and a good deal of brilliance shimmering from beneath. Undoubtedly quality that is not often encountered." This type was struck 1859-85 in respectable quantities but not so many as the prior type (Dav-283). Assayer's initials HΦ = Nicolai Follendorf.
Recorded mintage: 521,000, a better date.
Specification: 20.73 g, 0.868 fine silver.
Catalog reference: Dav-289; KM-Y25; Bit-94.
- Davenport, John S., European Crowns and Talers, Since 1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1964.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- 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, The 2022 ANA Auction - Ancients & World Coins - Featuring The Salton Collection Part III, the Augustana Collection and the Robert C. Knepper Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.
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