Russia 1838-EM HA 10 kopeks

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Stack's Bowers May 2025 Collectors Choice Online Auction, lot 75641
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This specimen was lot 75641 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, May 2025), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted, "RUSSIA. 10 Kopeks, 1838-EM HA. Ekaterinburg Mint. Nicholas I. PCGS Genuine--Scratch, VF Details." This copper type was struck 1833-39 simultaneously with a silver coin of the same value (KM C164.1) issued from St. Petersburg. The regime would vacillate between copper and silver grivenniks for the rest of the nineteenth century.

Recorded mintage: 5,468,250.

Specification: 45.5 g, copper, 42 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-C141.1; Bit-475.

Sources:

  • 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.
  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, May 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction: Ancient & World Coins, featuring selections from the Sydney F. Martin Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.

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