Russia (1561-84) kopek

Stack's Bowers 2024 NYINC sale, lot 58198

This specimen was lot 58198 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2024), where it sold for $264. The catalog description^[1] noted, "RUSSIA. Kopek, ND (1561-84). Pskov Mint. Ivan IV (the Terrible). NGC MS-62." This style of coin, which was struck in various parts of Russia for several centuries in imitation of Mongol and Khazar issues, was made by beating lengths of silver wire flat and then striking them. Dengas and kopeks were made this way until the reforms of Peter the Great substituted round copper coins for these denominations.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 0.66 g.

Catalog reference: KG-93.

Source:

• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, January 2024 NYINC Auction, featuring the Emilio M Ortiz Collection and a Symphony of Russian Rarities, the Rothschild-Piatigorsky Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.

Link to:

• 1547 silver kopek, Pskov mint
• Russia (1605-06) kopek Pskov mint, Dmitri Ivanovich (the false Dmitri)
• Coins and currency dated 1561