Crimea AH 1191(4) kopek
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This specimen was lot 33723 in Heritage sale 3064 (Chicago, April 2018), where it sold for $192. The catalog description[1] noted, "Crimea. Shahin Giray Kopeck (3 Akche) AH 1191 Year 4 (1780) AU Details (Tooled) NGC. Copper coinage with thinner wreath and a Persian 4 for the regnal date. Crimea was a vassal state of Russia." The Crimea, long a tributary of the Ottomans, was conquered and annexed by the forces of Catherine the Great in 1782. Gold coins exist for this ruler but are very rare.
Recorded mintage: unknown but scarce.
Specification: 9.5 g, copper.
Catalog reference: KM 58.
- Bitkin, Vladimir, Composite Catalogue of Russian Coins, Part II (1740-1917), Kiev: Moneta, 2003.
- Brekke, B. F., The Copper Coinage of Imperial Russia, 1700-1917, New York, Galerie des Monnaies, 1977, with 1987 supplement.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [1]Cristiano Bierrenbach and Warren Tucker, Heritage World Coin Auction 3064, featuring the Doug Robins Collection of Canadian Tokens, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2018.
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