Livonia 1757 2 kopeks

Stephen Album internet sale 28, lot 1125

Livonia in 1740, from Shepherd's atlas

This specimen was lot 1125 in Stephen Album internet sale 28 (Santa Rosa, CA, July 2024), where it sold for $660. The catalog description^[1] noted, "RUSSIAN LIVONIA: Elizabeth, 1741-1762, AR 2 kopecks, 1757, 1/48 livonese, infrequently seen, especially in high grade, PCGS graded EF45, ex Joe Sedillot Collection." This coin was issued by the tsarina for the recently occupied province of Livonia, now part of Latvia. The region was conquered from pagan tribes by the Teutonic Knights and after their collapse, traded among Poland, Sweden and Russia, which held it 1721-1918. This denomination was accompanied by four, 24, 48 and 96 kopeks.

Recorded mintage: 50,000.

Specification: 1.05 g, 0.396 fine silver.

Catalog reference: KM C1.2 (listed under Livonia), Bit-646.

Source:

• Bitkin, Vladimir, Composite Catalogue of Russian Coins, Part II (1740-1917), Kiev: Moneta, 2003.
• Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
• ^[1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Internet Auction 28, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.

Link to:

• 1756 pattern 48 kopeks
• Russia 1757 2 kopeks KM-C7 denomination below
• Russia 1757 2 kopeks KM-C8
• Livonia 1757 4 kopeks
• Livonia 1757 24 kopeks
• Livonia 1757 48 kopeks
• Livonia 1757 96 kopeks
• Coins and currency dated 1757