Russia 1874-EM 3 kopeks
This specimen was lot 75298 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2022), where it sold for $528. The catalog description[1] noted, "RUSSIA. 3 Kopeks, 1874-EM. Ekaterinburg Mint. Alexander II. NGC MS-63 Brown. A lovely Choice example, this piece though mostly chocolate brown, does display a light dollop of mint red and is certainly an attractive specimen." This type was struck 1867-76 and is one of the last issues of the Ekaterinburg mint. The denomination was reduced in weight to 9.83 g in 1867 and struck in that form until the end of the regime.
Recorded mintage: 4,419,000, a common date.
Specification: 8 g, copper, 28 mm diameter per the SCWC; 9.83 g, 28.36 mm diameter per Numista.
Catalog reference: KM-Y11.1.
- 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]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The February 2022 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancients & World Coins, Featuring Selections from the Kings Norton Mint Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.
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