Russia 1790-AM 2 kopeks
This specimen was lot 1032 in Steve Album Auction 52 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2025), where it sold for $204. The catalog description[1] noted, "RUSSIA: EMPIRE: Catherine II, the Great, 1762-1796, AE 2 kopeks, Anninsky, 1790 AM, environmental damage, PCGS graded AU details, ex Dr. Robert A. Rosenfeld Collection." This type was struck in moderate quantities 1763-96 at Ekaterinburg, (C58.3), Krasny Mint, Moscow (C58.5), St. Petersburg (C58.6), Sestroretsk Mint (C58.1) and the Tauric Mint, Feodosiya (C58.4). The Anninsky mint participated 1789-96 and its products are scarce, especially compared to the vast numbers of five and ten kopeks produced at the same time.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 20.48 g, copper, 31 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM C58.2, Bit-868.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- 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.
- [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Dustin Wagner, Auction 52, featuring the Dr. Robert A. Rosenfeld Collection and the Almer H. Orr III Collection, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2025.
Link to: