Russia 1857-EM 3 kopeks

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Künker sale 335, lot 5396

This specimen was lot 5396 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €1,400 (about US$1,832 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"RUSSLAND, KAISERREICH, Alexander II. 1855-1881. Ku.-3 Kopeken 1857, Ekaterinburg. Sehr selten in dieser Erhaltung. Prachtexemplar. Herrliche Patina, fast Stempelglanz. Exemplar der Auktion Fritz Rudolf Künker 266, Osnabrück 2015, Nr. 2395. (empire of Russia, Alexander II, 1855-81, copper three kopeks of 1857, Ekaterinburg mint. Rare in this condition, cabinet piece, beautiful patina, about uncirculated.)"

This type was struck at Warsaw (quite scarce) and at Ekaterinburg (shown here) 1850-59.

Recorded mintage: 4,726,000.

Specification: 15.36 g, copper, 32 mm diameter, this specimen 14.52 g.

Catalog reference: KM C151.1, Bitkin 319.

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, Catalog 335: Bracteates from Upper Swabia and the area of the Lake Constance | Coins and Medals from Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. the Dr. Karl Walter Bach Collection of coins of the Austrian nobility, Special collections of Bavaria, Lubeck, Wurttemberg as well as siege coins from the Eberhard Link Collection. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2020.

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