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[[Image:Russia 1712 ruble Sincona 12-49.jpg|550px|thumb|Sincona sale 12, lot 49]]

This specimen was lot 49 in Sincona sale 12 (Zürich, October 2013), where it sold for 13,000 CHF (about US$16,814 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "Rouble 1712, Red Mint. Rare. 12 roubles acc. to Petrov. 8 roubles according to Trapeznikov. Attractive very fine." This rare type is among the first crowns of Russia. This one is mintmarked "MOCKOBCKI" ("Moscow").

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown. 

''Specification:'' 28.5 g, .604 fine silver, this specimen 28.06 g. 

''Catalog reference:'' Bitkin 807 (R1). Severin 290. GM 66,6. Diakov 367 (R2). KM-138; [[Silver crowns by Davenport number|Dav-1650]]. 

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* Michael, Thomas, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
* Bitkin, Vladimir, ''Composite Catalogue of Russian Coins, Part I (1699-1740),'' Kiev: Moneta, 2003.
* Davenport, John S., ''European Crowns, 1700-1800, 2nd Ed.,'' London: Spink & Son, 1964. 
* <sup>[1]</sup>''Auktion 12: the SINCONA Collection, part 2,'' Zürich: Sincona AG, 2013. 

''Link to:''
* [[Russia 1710 ruble Dav-1648|1710 ruble]]
* [[Russia 1712 3 kopeks|1712 3 kopeks]]
* [[Russia 1712 1/2 ruble|1712 ½ ruble]]
* [[Russia 1714-M ruble Dav-1651|1714-M ruble]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1712]]
* return to coins of [[Russia]]

[[Category:Selections from Sincona sale 12, 13, 14, 15]][[Category:European crowns and thalers]]