Russia 1904-AP 5 rubles
This specimen was lot 72744 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Santa Ana, CA, October 2019), where it sold for $336. The catalog description[1] noted, "RUSSIA. 5 Rubles, 1904-AP. St. Petersburg Mint. NGC MS-66. A dazzling plus Gem, offering tremendous brilliance and some attractive golden-orange toning." This type was struck 1897-1911 at the St. Petersburg mint and is the most common of the five rubles. The gold chervonetz struck by the Communists in 1923 and later was equal to ten Tsarist gold rubles. This coin was two-thirds the weight of the five rubles of Alexander III (KM Y42).
Recorded mintage: 2,016,000.
Specification: 4.30 g, 0.900 fine gold, .124 troy oz AGW, moneyer's initials on edge.
Catalog reference: Fr-180; KM-Y62; Bit-31.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- 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.
- 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, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The October 2019 Collector's Choice Sale: World and Ancient Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2019.
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