Russia 1739 1/2 kopek

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Sincona sale 12, lot 159

This specimen was lot 159 in Sincona sale 12 (Zürich, October 2013), where it sold for 3,000 CHF (about US$3,880 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted, "Denga 1739, Ekaterinburg Mint. Novodel. Unknown in Iljin with this edge (only smooth). Heavy die crack, brilliant uncirculated and most attractive." This type is recorded for 1730-54 and is noted as common. The mintage is not known but it is priced lower than later dates with mintages over eighty million. The denomination is written ДЕНГА (denga).

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 8.19 g, copper, 25.5 mm diameter, this specimen 6.85 g.

Catalog reference: Bitkin H370, GM 15.8, KM-188.

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.
  • Harris, Robert P., Guidebook of Russian Coins, 1725 to 1970, Santa Cruz, CA: Bonanza Press, 1971.
  • [1]Auktion 12: the SINCONA Collection, part 2, Zürich: Sincona AG, 2013.

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