Stack's Bowers & Ponterio
January 2022 NYINC Auction 14-16 Jan 2022
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RUSSIA. Ruble, 1705-MA (in Old Cyrillic). Kadashevsky (Moscow) Mint. Peter I (the Great). PCGS Genuine--Graffiti, EF Details.
Dav-1642; KM-122.1; Bitkin-178; Dia-1. Pleasingly detailed with a base of gray tone and some accompanying iridescence. The aforementioned graffiti, while not visually prominent, appears both behind Peter's bust and in front of it; largely illegible, one notation in the right obverse field appears to read '1799'.
Dav-1642; KM-122.1; Bitkin-178; Dia-1. Pleasingly detailed with a base of gray tone and some accompanying iridescence. The aforementioned graffiti, while not visually prominent, appears both behind Peter's bust and in front of it; largely illegible, one notation in the right obverse field appears to read '1799'.
A popular type, this issue was struck two years after the founding of St. Petersburg, at a time when Peter I was cementing his reputation as "the Great".
Estimate: $3000 - $4000