Russia 1858-SP FB 20 kopeks

From CoinVarieties
Jump to navigation Jump to search
from the Stack's Bowers 2018 Collector's Choice sale, lot 71463
Russia SB518-71463r.jpg

This specimen was lot 71463 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Santa Ana, CA, May 2018), where it sold for $264. The catalog description[1] noted, "RUSSIA. 20 Kopeks, 1858-CΠБ ΦБ. NGC MS-63. Sharply struck with soft satin luster and just a light veneer of tone." This type was struck 1832-58. The twenty kopeks was reduced in weight to 3.6 g, 0.500 fine in 1867 and struck in that form until 1893. The light weight twenty kopeks is much more common than this type. Initials ФБ stand for mintmaster Fedor Blum.

Recorded mintage: 4,150,000.

Specification: 4.14 g, 0.868 fine silver, 22 mm diameter, obliquely reeded edge.

Catalog reference: KM C-165.

Source:

  • Bitkin, Vladimir, Composite Catalogue of Russian Coins, Part II (1740-1917), Kiev: Moneta, 2003.
  • 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]Ponterio, Richard, Kyle Ponterio and Chris Chatigny, The May 2018 Collector's Choice Sale, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2018.

Link to:

Retrieved from "https://coinvarieties.com/index.php?title=Russia_1858-SP_FB_20_kopeks&oldid=612749"