Аннотация: The Coin of Igor Kurchatov (15 kopecks of 1955) and a cigarette case of Umberto Nobile. An antiquarian story.
The Coin of Igor Kurchatov (15 kopecks of 1955) and a cigarette case of Umberto Nobile. An antiquarian story.
Vladimir Vasilievich was on the train.
In the same compartment with him was a member of the polar expeditions, who became (by the time of the meeting on the train) an employee of the Obninsk NPP.
They went to eat in the dining car.
- ... Kurchatov saw my knife with a walrus tusk handle and asked me to sell it. I did a gift. But he gave away the money he had with him. A one of the coins of Igor Kurchatov - 15 kopecks - left with me. They are in my wallet, separate from the rest of the money. They bring good luck.
- Marine knives are very different. At our mine, the craftsmen decided to make a knife, a dagger - the same as the world's first naval dirk. We thought, consulted ... They made several pieces ... I have one ...
When the fellow travelers returned to the compartment, Vladimir Vasilievich opened the suitcase and showed the 'world's first naval dirk':
- The first naval dirks appeared about 500 years ago ... After the first round-the-world expedition ... That's what they managed to do, to make...
The former polar explorer caught fire:
- Give it to me!
- Not...
- I change the naval dirk for a coin of Kuchatov!
At that time, Kurchatov's name was not widely known. Vladimir Vasilievich shook his head negatively.
- I have the Umberto Nobile's cigarette case!
- From where could the Nobile's cigarette case to came?
- Before a successful flight to the North Pole in 1926, Umberto Nobile arrived in Leningrad by airship (dirigible). He and the members of his expedition were provided with unty (fur boots for the northern territories) on behalf of the Government. But he also bartered fur boots from one polar explorer - he gave a cigarette case in return. Here look!
The former polar explorer took out a cigarette case.
Vladimir Vasilievich looked incredulously at the cigarette case.
- This cigarette case then passed to me! - the former polar explorer continued to persuade. - The excellent cigarette case! I give the Kurchatov's coin and the cigarette case of Umberto Nobile in exchange for the world's first naval dirk!
The cigarette case looked as a more or less serious thing. It was easy to open it and to put 15 kopecks in it.
Vladimir Vasilievich allowed himself to be persuaded, especially since several of the world's first naval dirks were made. And, in addition, there was the possibility of making of additional copies.
So he became the owner of a coin of Igor Kurchatov (15 kopecks 1955) and the cigarette case of Umberto Nobile [circa 1900].
I believe in this story, in this plot, just as Heinrich Schliemann believed in what Homer described.
The time has come when I have to start selling these things.
I'll put up an advertisement for the sale. I will put up a coin of Igor Kurchatov for sale. And then, apparently, - and Umberto Nobile's cigarette case, too ...
I compiled an advertisements for the sale:
'15 kopecks of 1955. A gray coin made of an alloy of copper and nickel...
The obverse depicts a large coat of arms of the USSR, model 1946...
In the center of the reverse is a shield in the form of a square with beveled corners. Inside the shield are the denominations in two lines - "15 КОП" (significantly enlarged letter). Outside, under the shield, the year of minting is horizontally indicated - "1955"...
Coin Condition: This coin looks satisfactory.
The Literary Certificate included [attached].
Pickup, mail.
The level of the price may be discussed.
(The authenticity of the silver and the authenticity of the coins (as well as other things) have not been verified and cannot be guaranteed by the seller. The seller makes judgments and estimates, expresses opinions as an ordinary, a regular (simple, average) participant in the commodity turnover; the seller does not have special knowledge about coins, he is not an expert in a (sphere of) numismatic sciences and issues.)
Price, RUB: 25 000'
'The cigarette case in white metal. Approximately of 1900th.
The condition is satisfactory.
The Literary Certificate included [attached].
Pickup, mail.
The level of the price may be discussed.
(The authenticity of the silver and the authenticity of the coins (as well as other relatively rare items) have not been verified and cannot be guaranteed by the seller. The seller makes judgments and estimates, expresses opinions as an ordinary (simple, average) participant in the commodity circulation; the seller does not have special knowledge about coins (about other relatively rare items), he does not is a specialist in the numismatic sciences, in the sciences of collecting and related matters.)
Price, RUB: 50 000'
October 23, 2022 06:04
Translation from Russian into English: October 23, 2022 06:53.
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