Russian Gold......

I've always been fascinated by Russian gold coins.....finally managed to get myself two that I've been after for a while.

I think @Siberian Man will have some input on these

My absolute favourite.......Catherine II 'The Great' 1767 gold 10 Roubles




Nicholas I 1848 gold 5 Roubles

 

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Nice pickups! The Ekaterina II gold is real tough, even examples with issues

 

That's neat !

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Agreed!!! They seldom come up for sale. I was looking at some past auction prices and even in VF condition they were consistently over 8k. So I think I did OK for an AU condition with scratches on the obverse

The reverse is quite nice so I guess I'll just have to learn to live with the scratches

 

Very true, prohibitively expensive to collect. Your coin does have good eye appeal though, so congrats on that. My only example of Russian gold of this era is a 1766 2 rubles.

 

Fantastic eye appeal. Great piece. Congrats!

 

you have a great collection 1934 wreath crown......please never collect the country that I collect, you'll end up beating me on everything!!!

 

Apparently... In Russia, gold coins find YOU!

 

Do you also collect the Nicholas II gold coins?

 

Hahahaha.....thanks for the compliment. Let me know which countries I should stay away from

 

Yes I have a few of his gold and silver coins, mainly coronation silver, 5, 7.5 (a me year type) and some 10 rouble coins.

Also Anna, Elizabeth and the 2 Catherines’

 

1897 Nichols II 7.5 Roubles

 

Golden coins of Catherine II the Great wasn't numerous. Usually they were used court for card play. With a high share of probability someone from great Russian courtiers held your coin in hand.

 

Thanks LM. A compliment from you means a lot. I also managed to pick up two very rare silver roubles recently which I thought were very good buys. Will post them here a little later and hopefully Siberian Man can shed some light on them.

 

Wow. I wasn’t aware of that.....now that is some fascinating insider information

 

Elizabeth Rouble 1761 СПБ-ЯI AU53 NGC, St. Petersburg mint, KM-C19c.4, Bit-293 (R1), Diakov-557 (R1) Petrov 15 Rub., portrait and eagle by Ivanov. A very rare, and seldom offered issue.

That was the auctioneer’s narrative. The last one sold was an XF for 15k. I think I stole this one .....an AU53

 

Anna 1737 Rouble Bit 169 MS62. I could not find any other Bit 169 graded by either of the two biggest grading companies





Any information is most welcome

 

The caption on the reverse: "coin rouble".
The caption on the obverse: "by the grace of God Anna Empress and Autocratrix All-Russian".

 

Thanks Siberian Man. I think the two silver roubles and the Ekaterina II Gold 10 Roubles are ones to keep for many years. Hope you agree.