Russia 1765-EM 5 kopeks
This specimen was lot 246 in Sincona sale 12 (Zürich, October 2013), where it sold for 2,200 CHF (about US$2,846 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted, "5 Kopecks 1765, Ekaterinburg Mint, EM. Grilled edge. Novodel. Very rare. Prooflike brilliant uncirculated with much mint lustre. R. Iljin 2." This type was struck 1763-96 in the Ekaterinburg mint for circulation in Russia during the reign of Catherine the Great. Hundreds of millions were issued between the Annensk, Moscow, Sestroretsk, Kolyvan, Ekaterinburg and St. Petersburg mints. Many survive today but few in choice condition. Russia has the distinction of being the first country to issue decimal currency, as 100 kopeks = one ruble.
Recorded mintage: 41,109,000.
Specification: copper, 51.2 g, this specimen 51.08 g, diameter 49 mm.
Catalog reference: Bitkin 662 (R2). GM 37.17, KM-C59.3.
- Bitkin, Vladimir, Composite Catalogue of Russian Coins, Part II (1740-1917), Kiev: Moneta, 2003.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- 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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