Russia 1851-BM kopek

Stack's Bowers 2014 ANA sale, lot 30910

This specimen was lot 30910 in Stack's Bowers ANA auction (Chicago, August 2014), where it sold for $538.15. The catalog description^[1] noted, "RUSSIA. Kopek, 1851-BM. Warsaw Mint. NGC MS-63 BN. From the Demarete Collection." The type was struck 1850-55 at Ekaterinburg and Warsaw (shown here).

Recorded mintage: 797,000.

Specification: 5.12 g, copper, 22.8 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-C149.3; Bit-867.

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]Ponterio, Richard, The August 2014 Chicago ANA Auction: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, Featuring the David O'Harrow Collection, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2014.

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