Russia 1990 10 rubles

Stack's Bowers November 2022 Collectors Choice sale, lot 75625

This specimen was lot 75625 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, November 2022), where it sold for $1,440. The catalog description^[1] noted, "RUSSIA. Palladium 10 Rubles, 1990. Leningrad Mint. PCGS MS-69. This is a worthy example of the type with singular mint brilliance." Palladium was promoted in the late eighties and early nineties as a precious metal alternate to the more costly gold and platinum. The Communist regime, in its declining years, issued dozens of commemoratives in various metals as a means of earning foreign exchange.

Recorded mintage: est. 15,000.

Specification: 15.55 g, 0.999 fine palladium.

Catalog reference: KM-Y238.

Source:

• 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.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The November 2022 Collectors Choice Ancient & World Coins Auction, Featuring the Pat Johnson Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.

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