Russia 1911-EB ruble Dav-293

Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale, lot 75321

This specimen was lot 75321 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2022), where it sold for $336. The catalog description^[1] noted, "RUSSIA. Ruble, 1911-EB. St. Petersburg Mint. Nicholas II. NGC AU-55. A desirable KEY DATE, this example displays only lightly handled surfaces with some faint rub visible in the hair of Nicholas and on the reverse crown. Though mostly muted, the surfaces do still occasionally display an attractive patch of mint luster that shines through. Attractive rainbow iridescent tone hugs the reverse elements particularly prominently, in an artful display." This type was struck 1894-1915. The SCWC notes that this date was struck only in proof.

Recorded mintage: 129,000 proofs.

Specification: 20 g, 0.900 fine silver.

Catalog reference: Dav-293, KM-Y59.3; Bit-65.

Source:

• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The February 2022 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancients & World Coins, Featuring Selections from the Kings Norton Mint Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• Bitkin, Vladimir, Composite Catalogue of Russian Coins, Part II (1740-1917), Kiev: Moneta, 2003.
• Davenport, John S., European Crowns and Talers, Since 1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1964.
• Harris, Robert P., Guidebook of Russian Coins, 1725 to 1970, Santa Cruz, CA: Bonanza Press, 1971.

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