Russia 1836-EM FK 10 kopeks
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This specimen was lot 5377 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €200 (about US$262 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"RUSSLAND, KAISERREICH, Nikolaus I. 1825-1855. Ku.-10 Kopeken 1836, St. Petersburg. Novodel; . R Kratzer, vorzüglich. (empire of Russia, Nicholas I, 1825-55, copper ten kopeks of 1836, St. Petersburg mint, novodel. Rare, scratches, extremely fine.)"
This copper type was struck at Ekaterinburg 1831-39 (shown here) and St Petersburg (C141.3) and competed with a silver grivennik (C157). It is common in circulated condition.
Recorded mintage: 7,240,000.
Specification: copper, this specimen 45,52 g.
Catalog reference: KM C141.1, Bitkin H 470 (R2).
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- 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]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Catalog 335: Bracteates from Upper Swabia and the area of the Lake Constance | Coins and Medals from Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. the Dr. Karl Walter Bach Collection of coins of the Austrian nobility, Special collections of Bavaria, Lubeck, Wurttemberg as well as siege coins from the Eberhard Link Collection. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2020.
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