Russia 1810-SP FG 20 kopeks

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Steve Album sale 51, lot 3284

This specimen was lot 3284 in Steve Album Auction 51 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2025), where it sold for $132. The catalog description[1] noted, "RUSSIAN EMPIRE: Alexander I, 1801-1825, AR 20 kopeks, 1810, globe details a bit weak, otherwise well struck, better date, Good to Very Good." This type was struck 1810-26 and is fairly common. It was the first if this denomination struck since the death of Catherine the Great.

Recorded mintage: 250,000.

Specification: 4.14 g, 0.868 fine silver, 22.1 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM C128.

Source:

  • Bitkin, Vladimir, Composite Catalogue of Russian Coins, Part II (1740-1917), Kiev: Moneta, 2003.
  • Harris, Robert P., Guidebook of Russian Coins, 1725 to 1970, Santa Cruz, CA: Bonanza Press, 1971.
  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • [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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