Schulman b.v.
Auction 365 22 Oct 2020
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Russia - Jefimok n.d. (1655), Silver, ALEIXI MIKHALOVICH 1645–1676 Countermarked on the reverse of a Dutch Rijksdaalder 1648 Gelderland. Mm. lily on both sides.Delm. 938; V. 9.1; Dav. 4828.During the war between Sweden and Poland (1648-1663) prince Aleksej Michajlovitsj of Moscow countermarked foreign thalers with the date (1655) and an image of the prince on horseback to increase the value of the coins from 50 kopecks to 64 kopecks. He countermarked German and Polish Thalers and various Thalers of the Northern and Soutern Netherlands. This piece was privately purchased at Jacques Schulman in November 1955.28.57 g. NGC XF45