Russia 1735 1/2 kopek
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This specimen was lot 43890 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2019), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted, "RUSSIA. Denga, 1735. Anna (1730-40). PCGS MS-62 BN Gold Shield. Crisp strike with pleasing dark chocolate patina." This type is recorded for 1730-54 and is noted as common along with the polushka (KM 187). The mintage is not known but it is priced lower than later dates with mintages over eighty million. The denomination is written ДЕНГА (denga). The one kopek was not struck at all during this period.
Specification: 8.19 g, copper.
Recorded Mintage: unknown.
Catalog reference: KM-188; Bit-327.
- 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.
- Harris, Robert P., Guidebook of Russian Coins, 1725 to 1970, Santa Cruz, CA: Bonanza Press, 1971.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [1]Ponterio, Richard, Kyle Ponterio, Matt Orsini and Cris Chatigny, The January 2019 NYINC Sale: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2018.
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