Russia 1739 ducat Fr-106

Ponterio sale 117, lot 12474

photo courtesy Stacks Bowers LLC

This specimen was lot 12474 in Ponterio sale 177 (Chicago, August 2013), where it sold for $44,062. The catalog description^[1] noted, "RUSSIA. Ducat, 1739. PCGS EF-45 Secure Holder. Anna Ivanovna (1730-40). VERY RARE." The Russian regime minted ducats on numerous occasions during the eighteenth century but always in small quantities. Survivors are today very rare.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.47 g, 0.986 fine gold.

Catalog reference: Fr-106; KM-201; Bit-9; Dia-1; Sev-134; Uzd-47.

Source:

• ^[1]Ponterio, Richard, Ponterio sale 177: The August 2013 Chicago ANA Auction, World Coins, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers, LLC, 2013.
• 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, 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.
• Harris, Robert P., Guidebook of Russian Coins, 1725 to 1970, Santa Cruz, CA: Bonanza Press, 1971.

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