Russia (1717) 1/2 kopek
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This specimen was lot 1562 in Stephen Album sale 27 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2017), where it sold for $164.50. The catalog description[1] noted, "RUSSIAN EMPIRE: Peter I, the Great, 1689-1725, AE denga, 1717. Scarce type, key date, Fine, S." This denga, or half kopek, was issued 1705 and 1712-17 and is scarce. The next issue of this denomination was in 1730.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 6.4 g, copper.
Catalog reference: KM-116.
- 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]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 27, featuring the Dr. Paul Stevens Collection of Indian Coins, Part VI, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2016.
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