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This specimen was lot 331 in Sincona sale 19 (Zurich, October 2014), where it sold for CHF 1,650 (about US$2,068 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "Grivennik 1795, St. Petersburg Mint. Rare. 3 roubles acc. to Iljin. Minor scratch. About uncirculated and lustrous." This coin, struck in this style 1783-96, is just a little light to be classified as a dime, tho it is one tenth of a ruble. This denomination was also struck in copper.  
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This specimen was lot 331 in Sincona sale 19 (Zürich, October 2014), where it sold for CHF 1,650 (about US$2,068 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "Grivennik 1795, St. Petersburg Mint. Rare. 3 roubles acc. to Iljin. Minor scratch. About uncirculated and lustrous." This coin, struck in this style 1783-96, is just a little light to be classified as a dime, tho it is one tenth of a ruble. This denomination was also struck in copper.  
  
 
''Recorded mintage:'' 1,230,000.
 
''Recorded mintage:'' 1,230,000.

Revision as of 15:34, 10 June 2025

Sincona sale 19, lot 331

This specimen was lot 331 in Sincona sale 19 (Zürich, October 2014), where it sold for CHF 1,650 (about US$2,068 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted, "Grivennik 1795, St. Petersburg Mint. Rare. 3 roubles acc. to Iljin. Minor scratch. About uncirculated and lustrous." This coin, struck in this style 1783-96, is just a little light to be classified as a dime, tho it is one tenth of a ruble. This denomination was also struck in copper.

Recorded mintage: 1,230,000.

Specification: 2.37 g, 0.750 fine silver, this specimen 2.27 g.

Catalog reference: KM C-61c; Bitkin 517.

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 II (1740-1917), Kiev: Moneta, 2003.
  • Harris, Robert P., Guidebook of Russian Coins, 1725 to 1970, Santa Cruz, CA: Bonanza Press, 1971.
  • [1]Shiryakov, I. V., and Jürg Richter, The Sincona Collection, Part 3 and Russian Coins & Medals from Other Properties, Zurich: Sincona AG, 2014.

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