Stack's Bowers & Ponterio
August 2019 ANA - Sess. A-C 14 & 16 Aug 2019
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Though not intended for circulation, the gold issues of Alexei Mikhailovch were meant as soldiers decorations rather then payment. Dependent upon ones social status would determine the size of the decoration. The fractional issues such as the present example appear to be the result of the Treaty of Pereyaslav, concluded by Bogdan Khmelnitsky (Bohdan Khmelnytsky) in 1654. This treaty stipulated that Khmelnitsky would pledge his allegiance to the Tsardom of Russia for military protection.
We sold an inferior example, PCGS AU-50, in our January 11, 2018 NYINC auction Lot # 21317 for an astonishing $7,000- plus the buyers fee.
Estimate: $8000.00- $12000.00