(1705) Beard Tk Brekke-3 Type-II, BN MS(PCGS#570834)
(1705) Beard Tk Brekke-3 Type-II, BN MS (PCGS#570834)
January 2020 NYINC Ancient & World Coins Auction
- 拍卖行
- Stack's Bowers
- 批号
- 21083
- 等级
- SP35BN
- 价格
- 19,999
- 详细说明
- RUSSIA. Copper "Beard" Token, 1705. Kadashevsky (Moscow) Mint. Peter I (The Great). PCGS SPECIMEN-35 Gold Shield. Bit-3893; Brekke-3. Type II, narrow beard/small crown variety. Crowned double-headed imperial eagle countermark. Issued by decree of 16 January 1705. Obverse: Legend above nose, mustache, mouth, and goatee; imperial counterstamp (indicating payment of tax) within incuse circle to left; Reverse: Imperial double eagle above Cyrillic date. An always popular type, these "beard' tokens were instituted by Peter I (The Great) in an attempt to modernize Russian society and become more European. As such, in order for men to wear a beard, it was necessary to pay a tax, thereby ensuring that much of the poor and peasant class would be clean shaven. Only those of means could afford such a luxury, and these tokens were given (and counterstamped as a form of cancellation) in order to show that the recipient had indeed paid their tax and could therefore wear a beard. Read more about this item in our Coin of the Week blog post, here. Estimate: $2,000 - $2,500. Click here for certification details from PCGS.