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Russian coin sells for astounding $2.64 million One Russian Ruble is currently worth .013 U.S. Dollar with one major exception. This one s worth $2.64 million. COSTA MESA, CA .-Stack s Bowers and Ponterio, which is currently conducting another of their popular Hong Kong auctions, has sold the Joseph/Richter specimen of the incredibly rare 1825 pattern ruble of Constantine for an astounding $2.64 million. This was the highest realization in the magnificent Pinnacle Collection, which featured many record breakers and market makers on its way to realizing a total of nearly $19.2 million. This monumental, once-in-a-generation crown is among just eight known, and one of only three with a plain edge. The last appearance of an 1825 pattern ruble of Constantine was in 2004, when this very specimen sold for $525,000, the highest amount for a non-U.S. coin at the time. Though it no longer holds this record, this storied ruble now stands as the highest valued non-U.S. coin auc ....
Excavated in 1900 by Paul du Chatellier in a barrow and forgotten for a century, this ornamented slab was recently rediscovered in the Musée dArchéologie nationale (MAN Museum of National Archaeology) and was the subject of a significant study that allowed it to be interpreted as the oldest cartographical representation of a known territory in Europe, a probable marker of the political power of a principality of the early Bronze Age. BREST (AFP) .- A Bronze-age slab first uncovered in 1900 in western France is the oldest map in Europe, according to a study released this week. The 4,000-year-old object, known as the Saint-Belec slab, is engraved with markings that represent part of the Black Mountains region of western France, said Yvan Pailler, an archaeologist and one of the authors of the study published in the Bulletin of the French Prehistoric Society. Today, it is the oldest map of a territory in Europe, he s ....
NGC-Graded Russian Coin Realizes $2.64 Million, Quadruple Its Pre-Auction Estimate coinweek.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from coinweek.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Pinnacle Collection, with a majestic Year 3 (1870) Pattern Set from Japan standing as quite possibly the most impressive. Containing eight denominations ranging from the gold 10 Yen all the way down to the copper-nickel 1/20 Yen, the quality of the set is exemplified by each piece’s Gem or Superb Gem designation as well as by the way the surfaces shimmer and glisten when rotated in the light. This set’s history can be traced to an exciting period of change within Japan following the opening of the island nation to the West and the closing of the feudal period much glamorized through tales of the noble samurai and stealthy ninja. ....