Russia (1707) 1/4 kopek

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Sincona sale 12, lot 39

This specimen was lot 39 in Sincona sale 12 (Zürich, October 2013), where it sold for 700 CHF (about US$905 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted, "Polushka 1707, Naberezhny Mint. Good very fine. Obv. Eagle in circle. Dot. Rev. Iljin 1-2 roubles, T III,100." Altho Russia was nominally on a decimal system, this coin being a quarter of a kopek, we may be sure that the peasants who used this coin called it a polushka.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 2.13 g, copper, this specimen 1.83 g.

Catalog reference: Bitkin 2900. Brekke 29. KM 114.

Source:

  • Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
  • Bitkin, Vladimir, Composite Catalogue of Russian Coins, Part I (1699-1740), Kiev: Moneta, 2003.
  • Brekke, B. F., The Copper Coinage of Imperial Russia, 1700-1917, New York, Galerie des Monnaies, 1977, with 1987 supplement.
  • [1]Auktion 12: the SINCONA Collection, part 2, Zürich: Sincona AG, 2013.

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