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''Specification:'' 0.65 g, .917 fine gold, .019 troy oz AGW.  
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''Specification:'' 0.65 g, 0.917 fine gold, .019 troy oz AGW.  
  
 
''Catalog reference:'' Fr-136; C-75; Bit-109; Sev-312; Diakov-355.
 
''Catalog reference:'' Fr-136; C-75; Bit-109; Sev-312; Diakov-355.

Revision as of 15:59, 22 August 2023

Ponterio sale 168, lot 40347
photo courtesy Stack's-Bowers LLC

This specimen was lot 40343 in Ponterio sale 168 (Philadelphia, August 2012), where it sold for $1,840. The catalog description[1] noted, "RUSSIA. 1/2 Ruble, 1777. NGC AU-58. Catherine II (the Great) (1762-96). Demarete Collection." This gold half ruble, or poltina, is listed for 1777-78 only and is the last gold issue of that denomination, which was regularly struck in silver.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 0.65 g, 0.917 fine gold, .019 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: Fr-136; C-75; Bit-109; Sev-312; Diakov-355.

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]Ponterio, Richard, Ponterio sale 168: The Official ANA Auction, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2012.

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