August 1, 2024 – The 44 oz. ingot hails from a direct descendant of Mikhail Pleshkov Jr., a prominent Russian colonel and aide-de-camp to Tsar Nicholas. Pleshkov Jr. was one of the leaders of the White movement in the Far East, and after its fall, emigrated to the United States where he died in 1956. This bar was discovered and pedigreed by Atlanta coin dealer Rob Oberth of Gold & Coin Exchange. Oberth purchased the ingot from a Pleshkov Jr. family member’s estate earlier this year.
