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1 Rouble (1852-1858) Kardakoff 53.4 PMG About Uncirculated-50 or better. Serial # 9481

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1 Rouble (1852-1858) Kardakoff 53.4 PMG About Uncirculated-50 or better. Serial # 9481
SOLD
48,000.00USD+ (9,600.00) buyer's premium + applicable fees & taxes.
This item SOLD at 2021 Mar 15 @ 16:03UTC-8 : PST/AKDT

Lot: 6006
Header: MAGNIFICENT FINEST KNOWN RUSSIAN-AMERICAN COMPANY 1 ROUBLE NOTE ON YELLOW PARCHMENT
Ex: Henry Clifford, John J. Ford

Title: 1 Rouble (1852-1858) Kardakoff 53.4 PMG About Uncirculated-50 or better. Serial # 9481
Description: Rectangular with no holds or clipping. Printed in black on thin, mustard or canary yellow parchment with only very minor surface granularity. The surfaces are quite bright and smooth. 63mm X 48mm. We agree with the Stacks 1/18/05:1235 cataloger of the John J. Ford Collection describing this note as a “magnificent example, graded a full About Uncirculated in the Clifford Sale in 1982…with just a hint of a crinkled bend at the right of the note. This heavy handling may not be circulation at all, but old-time collector handling. The parchment surfaces are strikingly clean and rich with the printing quality razor sharp on both sides of the note. The face is centered slightly to the left and we note there is a plate flaw on the oval that resulted in a white streak in the printing on the back oval.”
The face with a company seal using the double headed Imperial Russian eagle within an oval frame, legend in Russian translated UNDER THE HIGH PATRONAGE OF HIS IMPERIAL MAJESTY. The denomination in words below the seal using italic type. The back has a finely engraved oval protector with spiral details with the Russian legend translated NOTE IN AMERICA with the denomination “1 PYB” below. The serial number frame with “No” is at the bottom of the oval, outlined white to allow the serial number to be written in. At the base is a shaded box with the authorized signature although the latter is not visible.
Easily the single Finest 1 Rouble Note with an outstanding pedigree!

Low Estimate: 40000
High Estimate: 60000
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Pedigree/Collection: Ex: Erik Van Cort “Compass Box” January 16, 1975, Henry Clifford, Bowers and Ruddy 3/18/82:350, John J. Ford, Stacks 1/18/05, Donald H. Kagin Collection, Joe Usibelli Collection