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<p>[QUOTE="William F, post: 7385281, member: 117696"]<font size="6"><b>NGC-graded Russian Coin Realizes an Astounding $2.64 Million, Quadruple Its Pre-Auction Estimate</b></font></p><p>Posted on 4/7/2021</p><p><br /></p><p>With this Stack’s Bowers auction result, six NGC-certified coins have sold for over $1 million this year.</p><p><br /></p><p>An incredibly rare Russian pattern coin certified by Numismatic Guaranty Corporation® (NGC®) dazzled the coin collecting world by realizing $2.64 million at a <a href="https://auctions.stacksbowers.com/lots/view/3-QA6K2/russia-silver-ruble-pattern-1825-cnb-st-petersburg-mint-constantine-ngc-proof-62" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://auctions.stacksbowers.com/lots/view/3-QA6K2/russia-silver-ruble-pattern-1825-cnb-st-petersburg-mint-constantine-ngc-proof-62" rel="nofollow">Stack’s Bowers auction</a> on Tuesday. It quadrupled its pre-auction estimate of $400,000 to $600,000 and set the record for most expensive world coin sold in a Stack's Bowers auction.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Russia 1825 Constantine – Plain Edge Rouble graded NGC PF 62 proved itself to be the apex of the Pinnacle Collection, which was offered in a 162-lot auction in Hong Kong on April 6, 2021. It shows the bust of a would-be emperor, Constantine, who was expected to become emperor after his brother’s death in 1825 but refused to take the throne.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://s3.amazonaws.com/ccg-corporate-production/news-images/1825_Russia_Rouble_Constantine_PlainEdge_PF62%20OBV%201000px20210316131940990.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://s3.amazonaws.com/ccg-corporate-production/news-images/1825_Russia_Rouble_Constantine_PlainEdge_PF62%20OBV%201000px20210316131940990.jpg" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/ccg-corporate-production/news-images/1825_Russia_Rouble_Constantine_PlainEdge_PF62%20OBV%20TB20210316132006888.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a> <a href="https://s3.amazonaws.com/ccg-corporate-production/news-images/1825_Russia_Rouble_Constantine_PlainEdge_PF62%20REV%201000px20210316133058108.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://s3.amazonaws.com/ccg-corporate-production/news-images/1825_Russia_Rouble_Constantine_PlainEdge_PF62%20REV%201000px20210316133058108.jpg" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/ccg-corporate-production/news-images/1825_Russia_Rouble_Constantine_PlainEdge_PF62%20REV%20TB20210316133117635.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p>Russia 1825 Rouble graded NGC PF 62 and pedigreed to Joseph, Richter and the Pinnacle Collection. <b>Realized: $2.64 million.</b></p><p><i>Click images to enlarge.</i></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>It becomes the sixth NGC-certified coin to realize a price of over $1 million so far in 2021. The impressive result occurred less than two weeks after an NGC-certified Great Britain 1937 Gold Pattern Edward VIII 5 Sovereign realized $2.28 million, which set a new record price for a British coin. Like Constantine’s, the coinage of Edward VIII exists only in a handful of patterns because the British king also walked away from immense power, in his case to marry an American.</p><p><br /></p><p>“These sales demonstrate the trust that collectors have in the power of NGC’s expert certification services,” said Ben Wengel, NGC Senior Grading Finalizer of World Coins. “Whether it’s a British rarity being offered at an American auction or a Russian coin offered at a sale in China, in both cases, NGC certification gave bidders from around the world the confidence to lift these numismatic treasures to new heights.”</p><p><br /></p><p>Only eight of the Constantine Rouble Patterns are known, including three that are held by museums in Russia and the United States. Adding to its prestige, the example that just sold is one of only three with a plain edge, and NGC has pedigreed it to the collections of L.K. Joseph and F.F. von Richter.</p><p><br /></p><p>“This is one of the most elusive and desirable coins in Russian numismatics,” commented Matt Orsini, Stack's Bowers Director of World & Ancient Numismatics. “We are thrilled that the NGC-certified rarity set a record for the most expensive world coin ever sold in a Stack's Bowers auction and by an American auction house.”</p><p><br /></p><p>A second NGC-certified Russian rarity in the sale also impressed. A Russia 1771 Pattern Rouble graded NGC MS 65 realized $156,000, passing its pre-auction estimate of $60,000 to $90,000.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="William F, post: 7385281, member: 117696"][SIZE=6][B]NGC-graded Russian Coin Realizes an Astounding $2.64 Million, Quadruple Its Pre-Auction Estimate[/B][/SIZE] Posted on 4/7/2021 With this Stack’s Bowers auction result, six NGC-certified coins have sold for over $1 million this year. An incredibly rare Russian pattern coin certified by Numismatic Guaranty Corporation® (NGC®) dazzled the coin collecting world by realizing $2.64 million at a [URL='https://auctions.stacksbowers.com/lots/view/3-QA6K2/russia-silver-ruble-pattern-1825-cnb-st-petersburg-mint-constantine-ngc-proof-62']Stack’s Bowers auction[/URL] on Tuesday. It quadrupled its pre-auction estimate of $400,000 to $600,000 and set the record for most expensive world coin sold in a Stack's Bowers auction. The Russia 1825 Constantine – Plain Edge Rouble graded NGC PF 62 proved itself to be the apex of the Pinnacle Collection, which was offered in a 162-lot auction in Hong Kong on April 6, 2021. It shows the bust of a would-be emperor, Constantine, who was expected to become emperor after his brother’s death in 1825 but refused to take the throne. [URL='https://s3.amazonaws.com/ccg-corporate-production/news-images/1825_Russia_Rouble_Constantine_PlainEdge_PF62%20OBV%201000px20210316131940990.jpg'][IMG]https://s3.amazonaws.com/ccg-corporate-production/news-images/1825_Russia_Rouble_Constantine_PlainEdge_PF62%20OBV%20TB20210316132006888.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL='https://s3.amazonaws.com/ccg-corporate-production/news-images/1825_Russia_Rouble_Constantine_PlainEdge_PF62%20REV%201000px20210316133058108.jpg'][IMG]https://s3.amazonaws.com/ccg-corporate-production/news-images/1825_Russia_Rouble_Constantine_PlainEdge_PF62%20REV%20TB20210316133117635.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Russia 1825 Rouble graded NGC PF 62 and pedigreed to Joseph, Richter and the Pinnacle Collection. [B]Realized: $2.64 million.[/B] [I]Click images to enlarge.[/I] It becomes the sixth NGC-certified coin to realize a price of over $1 million so far in 2021. The impressive result occurred less than two weeks after an NGC-certified Great Britain 1937 Gold Pattern Edward VIII 5 Sovereign realized $2.28 million, which set a new record price for a British coin. Like Constantine’s, the coinage of Edward VIII exists only in a handful of patterns because the British king also walked away from immense power, in his case to marry an American. “These sales demonstrate the trust that collectors have in the power of NGC’s expert certification services,” said Ben Wengel, NGC Senior Grading Finalizer of World Coins. “Whether it’s a British rarity being offered at an American auction or a Russian coin offered at a sale in China, in both cases, NGC certification gave bidders from around the world the confidence to lift these numismatic treasures to new heights.” Only eight of the Constantine Rouble Patterns are known, including three that are held by museums in Russia and the United States. Adding to its prestige, the example that just sold is one of only three with a plain edge, and NGC has pedigreed it to the collections of L.K. Joseph and F.F. von Richter. “This is one of the most elusive and desirable coins in Russian numismatics,” commented Matt Orsini, Stack's Bowers Director of World & Ancient Numismatics. “We are thrilled that the NGC-certified rarity set a record for the most expensive world coin ever sold in a Stack's Bowers auction and by an American auction house.” A second NGC-certified Russian rarity in the sale also impressed. A Russia 1771 Pattern Rouble graded NGC MS 65 realized $156,000, passing its pre-auction estimate of $60,000 to $90,000.[/QUOTE]
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