Russia 1854-EM denga
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This specimen was lot 76688 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, September 2025), where it sold for $504. The catalog description[1] noted, "RUSSIA. Denga (1/2 Kopek), 1854-EM. Ekaterinburg Mint. Nicholas I. NGC MS-64 Brown." This denezhka or half kopek was issued 1850-55 from Ekaterinburg (EM, shown here) and Warsaw (BM). The denomination was reduced to 1.6 g in 1894.
Recorded mintage: 13,753,600.
Specification: 2.56 g, copper, 17.9 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-C148.1; Bit-616.
- 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, September 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, including Selections from the Richard Margolis Collection and Selections from the L.E. Bruun Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.
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