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RUSSISKE MYNTER / RUSSIAN COINS
1098 Kopek 1763. EM. RRR. Brekke 104 1+ 14 000
Denne mynten manglet i samlingen til Storhertug Georgii Michailovitch Romanov, fetter av tsar Alexander III
Grand Duke George Mikhailovich of Russia (1863–1919)
Since at least the eenth century coin collecting – the ‘hobby of kings’ – has attracted collectors among the royalty and nobility of
Europe. Famous collectors include the Holy Roman Emperors Maximilian I (ruled 1508–1519) and Ferdinand I (ruled 1558–1564),
Henry IV (ruled 1589–1610) and Louis XIV (ruled 1643–1715) of France, and Elector Joachim II of Brandenburg (1505–1571).
In more recent times, Victor Emmanuel III of Italy (ruled 1900–1946), whose collection consisted of over 100,000 Italian coins, also
deserves a mention.
Probably the most noted coin collector in Russian history is Grand Duke George Michailovitch (1863–1919), rst cousin of Emperor
Alexander III (ruled 1881–1894). Born in Tiis (present-day Tbilisi) in 1863, George Michailovitch served as a general in the Russian
army in World War I. Following the Russian Revolution, however, he was imprisoned by the Bolsheviks and later executed.
From an early age, numismatics was an all-consuming interest for George Michailovitch. On his appointment in 1895 as Director
of the newly founded Alexander III Museum, the Grand Duke was able to indulge this passion by adding rare pieces and even entire
collections to the museum’s numismatic holdings. George Michailovitch’s own collection, started as a teenager, included practically
every coin issued in the Russian Empire. His abundant nancial resources, together with his numismatic knowledge and experience,
put him in a privileged position to seek out any missing pieces – so coins not included in his collection must have been considerable
rarities, either unknown at the time or not available on the market.
During the Revolution George Michailovitch’s collection was smuggled out of Russia, and eventually found its way to the Smithsonian
Institution in the USA, where it is housed today. As well as putting together his substantial collection, George Michailovitch also wrote
a number of books on numismatic themes, including his 1885 publication A Description of Some Rare Coins in My Collection in
which he describes a selection of his rarest and most fascinating coins.
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1098-1107
1099 Kopek 1789. EM. Piedfort (13,82 g) Brekke 126 1+/01 600
1100 Polushka 1786/75. KM Brekke 24 1/1+ 1 200
1101 Polushka 1791/90. KM Brekke 38 1+ 500
1102 Lot 5 stk. 5 kopek 1763, 1770, 1772, 1788 og 1790 EM VK 250
1103 Lot 5 stk. 5 kopek 1768, 1779, 1780, 1781 og 1790 EM VK 250
1104 Lot 5 stk. 5 kopek 1770, 1771, 1772, 1791 og 1794 EM VK 250
1105 Lot 5 stk. 5 kopek 1777, 1778, 1779, 1780 og 1781 EM VK 250
1106 Lot 5 stk. 5 kopek 1782, 1786, 1788, 1790 og 1791 EM VK 250
1107 Lot 5 stk. 5 kopek 1792, 1793, 1794, 1795 og 1796 EM VK 250
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