Аукцион: Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Sale 31
Лот: 1784
Завершен: 16.06.2005
Стартовая цена: |
571 522 RUB
20 000 USD |
Цена продажи: |
821 563 RUB
28 750 USD |
Russia. Novodel Ruble, 1723-SPB.
Bitkin-H655; Sev-607; Diakov-182, N1. Edge-6. Peter I. Well struck with an excellent portrait, attractive surfaces and lightly toned. This rare specimen is an unusual example of a novodel for a coin which never existed an an original. Though dated 1723 with the Saint Petersburg mintmark, that mint did not begin producing coinage until April 1724. It did not come to the attention of Russian numismatists until mentioned by Zubov in an 1897 publication on Russian coins. A characteristic of some of these mule novodels is a noticeable convexity, as with this specimen, of the St. Petersburg obverse dies which were extensively reworked to be paired with smaller diameter Moscow reverse dies having a 1723 date. The die improvements and convexity provide a most attractive appearance for these most interesting and extremely rare novodels. PCGS graded AU-58._x000D_ _x000D_ The Dr. Robert D. Hesselgesser Collection, Ex-Goodman Collection, 1991, Lot 77.