Russia 2000 3 rubles KM-Y661

Künker sale 354, lot 6105

This specimen was lot 6105 in Künker sale 354 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €280 (about US$390 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"RUSSLAND, Republik seit 1992. 3 Rubel 2000, St. Petersburg. Eishockey-Weltmeisterschaft. R Nur 3.000 Exemplare geprägt. Polierte Platte. (republic of Russia, since 1992, three rubles of 2000, St. Petersburg mint, ice hockey at the Winter Olympics. Only 3,000 examples struck, proof.)"

Recorded mintage: 3,000.

Specification: 34.88 g, 0.900 fine silver, 1.000 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: KM Y661.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Künker Auktion 354: Munzen und Medaillen aus Mittelalter und Neuzeit u. a. Braunschweig-Luneburg. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2021.

Link to:

• 1995 3 rubles, lynx
• 2000 ruble, hooded crane
• 2000 ruble, Russian desman
• 2000 200 rubles, snow leopard
• 2003 100 rubles, Kamchatka expedition
• 2004 3 rubles, 300th anniversary of the monetary reform of Peter I
• Coins and currency dated 2000