Russia 1798-EM 1/4 kopek

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Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale, lot 75282
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This specimen was lot 75282 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2022), where it sold for $264. The catalog description[1] noted, "RUSSIA. 1/4 Kopek (Polushka), 1798/7-EM. Ekaterinburg Mint. Paul I. NGC AU-55 Brown. Displaying lightly circulated surfaces, this magnanimous piece carries itself well as a representative of the type." This type was struck at Ekaterinburg, Annensk and Kolyvan 1797-1800. This is the most common date of a generally scarce type. The quarter kopek was commnly called the polushka.

Recorded mintage: 1,510,000.

Specification: 3 g, copper.

Catalog reference: KM-C92.2.

Source:

  • [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The February 2022 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancients & World Coins, Featuring Selections from the Kings Norton Mint Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.
  • 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.

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