Russia 1992 100 rubles Fr-216

Ponterio sale 177, lot 12509

photo courtesy Stack's-Bowers LLC

This specimen was lot 12509 in Ponterio sale 177 (Chicago, August 2013), where it sold for $1,116. The catalog description^[1] noted, "RUSSIA. 100 Rubles, 1992. PCGS PROOF-69 DEEP CAMEO Secure Holder. Emperor Collection." The Communist regime, in its declining years, issued dozens of commemoratives in various metals as a means of earning foreign exchange. This type honors the province of Yakutia in the far east and the frozen mammoths found there.

Recorded mintage: 14,000.

Specification: 17.5 g, 0.900 fine gold, .506 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: Fr-216; Y-375.

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]Ponterio, Richard, Ponterio sale 177: The August 2013 Chicago ANA Auction, World Coins, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers, LLC, 2013.

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