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Auction XXII 7-8 Oct 2021
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Russia, Soviet Union. Foundation of Russian America Semiquincentennial Commemorative Palladium 25 Roubles. Novo-Arkhangelsk type, 1991. CCCP, coat-of-arms of the Soviet Union, denomination and date below / 250 ЛЕТ ОТКРЫТИЯ РУССКОЙ АМЕРИКИ Ново-Архангельск 1799, image of ship and the town of Sitka. KM Y266. 31.10g, 37mm, 12h.
Choice Proof. Very Rare; only 6,000 minted.
From the Collection of GK, Ukrainian Emigrant.
This coin commemorates the foundation in 1799 of Novo-Arkhangelsk (New Archangel - now called Sitka), the former Russian settlement in today's Alaska which, on the 18 October 1867, was the site of the transfer ceremony marking the purchase of the territory by the United States of America.
Choice Proof. Very Rare; only 6,000 minted.
From the Collection of GK, Ukrainian Emigrant.
This coin commemorates the foundation in 1799 of Novo-Arkhangelsk (New Archangel - now called Sitka), the former Russian settlement in today's Alaska which, on the 18 October 1867, was the site of the transfer ceremony marking the purchase of the territory by the United States of America.