Poland 1833-NG 10 zlotych
This specimen was lot 2840 in Aureo y Calicó sale 232 (Barcelona, March 2011), where it sold for 102 euros (about US$169 including buyer's fee). The catalog description[1] noted,
"POLONIA. 1833. 10 zlotych. Golpecitos. Escasa. (MBC-). (Poland, ten zlotych of 1833, rim bumps, scarce, nearly very fine.)"
This issue was struck 1833-41 in St. Petersburg while Poland was under Russian rule (1815-1918). Ten złotych equaled one and a half rubles. Russian coinage for Poland ended in 1841.
Recorded mintage: 127,000.
Specification: 31.1 g, 0.868 fine silver, .868 troy oz ASW.
Catalog reference: KM C134, Dav-284.
- Davenport, John S., European Crowns and Talers, Since 1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1964.
- [1]Sisó, Teresa, Eduardo Domingo and Lluís Lalana, Selección de 500 Monedas, Medallas y Billetes, Barcelona: Aureo y Calicó Subastas, 2011.
- Bitkin, Vladimir, Composite Catalogue of Russian Coins, Part II (1740-1917), Kiev: Moneta, 2003.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
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