Russia 1740 1/2 kopek

Stephen Album internet sale 28, lot 1127

This specimen was lot 1127 in Stephen Album internet sale 28 (Santa Rosa, CA, July 2024), where it sold for $144. The catalog description^[1] noted, "RUSSIAN EMPIRE: Anna, 1730-1740, AE denga, 1740, PCGS graded AU58 BN." This type was struck in large numbers 1730-54 at Ekaterinburg and Moscow. The denga was half a kopek.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 8.19 g, copper.

Catalog reference: KM-188.

Source:

• Bitkin, Vladimir, Composite Catalogue of Russian Coins, Part II (1740-1917), 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]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Internet Auction 28, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.

Link to:

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