Russia 1849-SP 3 kopeks KM-Pn121

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Künker sale 294, lot 5175

This specimen was lot 5175 in Künker sale 294 (Osnabrück, Germany, July 2017), where it sold for €1,600 (about US$2,157 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"RUSSLAND, KAISERREICH, Nikolaus I. 1825-1855. Ku.-3 Kopeken 1849, St. Petersburg. Novodel der Probe. Mit glattem Rand. Sehr selten, besonders in dieser Erhaltung. Polierte Platte, min berührt (PROOF). (empire of Russia, Nicholas I, 1825-55, three kopeks of 1849, St. Petersburg mint, novodel of a pattern, with plain edge. Very scarce, especially in this quality, proof.)"

The SCWC notes this as a pattern, not a novodel, as there was no regular issue 3 kopeks in 1849. It is quite scarce. We follow the auction cataloguer's attribution to St. Petersburg even tho the mintmark shown is for Izhora.

Recorded mintage: unknown but few.

Specification: copper, this specimen 15,49 g.

Catalog reference: KM Pn121, Bitkin H 946 (R2).

Source:

  • 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, Katalog 294: Goldprägungen | Deutsche Münzen ab 1871 | Russische Münzen und Medaillen, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2017.

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