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Lot 75

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Starting price 65,000 CHF
Result 70,000 CHF

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Description

48 Kopecks 1756, Red Mint. 12.22 g. Pattern-48 Kopecks. Mintage for the Baltic area. Bitkin 651 (R4). Excessively rare. 100 roubles according to Petrov. 75 roubles according to Ilyin. NGC MS63. Most attractive specimen with full mint luster and wonderful toning. Minor flan flaw.

From the Soedermann Collection, auction SINCONA 12, Zurich, October 2012, lot 219 (price realized: CHF 150,000).
From the auction Ludwig Grabow, Rostock, September 1938, lot 687.

According to Bitkin the mintage was 10 specimens only!

With the expertise by "Russian Numismatic House Ltd", signed by V.Y. Gazanchidis.