Russia 1851-BM 1/2 kopek

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Steve Album sale 54, lot 2849

This specimen was lot 2849 in Steve Album Auction 54 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2026), where it sold for $144. The catalog description[1] noted, "RUSSIA: EMPIRE: Nicholas I, 1825-1855, AE denga (1/2 kopek), 1851-BM, label erroneously inscribed "kopek", hints of red, PCGS graded AU58." This type was struck 1850-55 at Ekaterinburg (mintmark EM) and also Warsaw (shown here) 1850-55. The Ekaterinburg mint made denezhkas until 1876. The weight standard given here is from Numista; the 4 g given in the SCWC is wrong.

Recorded mintage: 1,200,164.

Specification: 2.56 g, copper, 17.9 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM C148.3, Bitkin-867.

Source:

  • 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]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Hanbing Feng, Auction 54, featuring selections from the Kenneth A. Bovenkamp Collection of Ottoman Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2025.

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