Russia 1799-EM kopek
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This specimen was lot 75281 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2022), where it sold for $360. The catalog description[1] noted, "RUSSIA. Kopek, 1799-EM. Ekaterinburg Mint. Paul I. NGC MS-63 Brown. Completely charming, this Imperial Russian copper still has traces of mint red in the protected elements of the design and is totally beautiful." This type was struck at Ekaterinburg, Annensk and Kolyvan 1797-1800. This is the most common date of a fairly plentiful type.
Recorded mintage: 23,789,000.
Specification: 10.24 g, copper.
Catalog reference: KM-C94.2.
- [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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