Russia (1717)-NDZ kopek

Goldberg NY International sale 59, lot 2025

This specimen was lot 2025 in Goldberg's NY International sale 59 (New York, January 2023), where it sold for $216. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Kopeck ҂AΨЗI (1717). Very rare. Fine." The date is in Cyrillic letters. Several mintmarks exist for 1717 (KM 117.1, KM 118, KM 142, KM 143); this one, used 1713-18 at the Naberezhny Dvor mint in Moscow, is scarce.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 8.19 g, copper, this specimen 6.23 g.

Catalog reference: KM-143, Bit 3190 (R2), B 254 (R).

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]Goldberg, Ira, Stephen Harvey and Vera Kan, Goldberg NY International 2023 Sale, Los Angeles: Goldberg Coins and Collectibles, 2022.

Links to:

• (1715)-HД kopek, Naberezhny mint
• (1716)-HД kopek, Naberezhny mint
• (1716)-ΗДЗ kopek, Naberezhny Mint
• (1717) denga
• (1718) kopek
• Coins and currency dated 1717
• return to coins of Russia