Russia 1994 100 rubles Fr-239
This specimen was lot 6241 in Künker sale 336 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €700 (about US$916 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"RUSSLAND, Republik seit 1992. 100 Rubel 1994, Moskau. Wassily Kandinsky, 1866-1944. 15,55 g Feingold. GOLD. Polierte Platte. (republic of Russia, one hundred rubles of 1994, Moscow mint, on Wassily Kandinsky, 1866-1944. Proof.)"
This NCLT is one of the first issues of the post-communist regime in Russia. It honors abstract painter Wassily Kandinsky who, tho born and educated in czarist Russia, spent most if his career in Germany.
Recorded mintage: 6,000 proofs.
Specification: 17.45 g, 0.900 fine gold, 0.500 troy oz AGW, 30 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM Y532, Fr-239; Schl. 407.
- 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]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Catalog 336: Gold coins from all over the World|German Coins after 1871. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2020.
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