Russia 1777-KM kopek

Steve Album sale 51, lot 3276

This specimen was lot 3276 in Steve Album Auction 51 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2025), where it sold for $48. The catalog description^[1] noted, "RUSSIAN PROVINCIAL: SIBERIA: Catherine II, 1762-1796, AE kopeck, 1777-KM, Kolyvan Mint, light scratch on reverse, glossy brown patina, VF, ex Hans Mondorf Collection." The regular issue was struck for Siberia 1764-79. Novodels were specimens struck for collectors, mostly in the nineteenth century; many mint sports exist. The large ten kopeks are much more familiar to collectors.

Recorded mintage: unknown but not rare.

Specifications: 6.6 g, copper.

Catalog reference: KM C3.

Sources:

• 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, Auction 51, featuring the Howard Daniel III Collection of Asian Coins, the Almer H. Orr III Collection of World Coins and the Joe Sedillot Collection of German Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.

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