Russia 1881-SP kopek
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This specimen was lot 861 in Sincona sale 19 (Zürich, October 2014), where it sold for CHF 450 (about US$564 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted, "Kopeck 1881, St. Petersburg Mint. Choice brilliant uncirculated with full red mint lustre." This type was issued 1867-1914 in large numbers and is common. This specimen realized twenty-two times the catalog value in Uncirculated.
Recorded mintage: 8,415,000.
Specification: 3.3 g, copper, 21.6 mm diameter, this specimen 3.34 g.
Catalog reference: KM Y9.2; Bitkin 177. GM 1.13.
- 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.
- Harris, Robert P., Guidebook of Russian Coins, 1725 to 1970, Santa Cruz, CA: Bonanza Press, 1971.
- Brekke, B. F., The Copper Coinage of Imperial Russia, 1700-1917, New York, Galerie des Monnaies, 1977, with 1987 supplement.
- [1]Shiryakov, I. V., and Jürg Richter, The Sincona Collection, Part 3 and Russian Coins & Medals from Other Properties, Zürich: Sincona AG, 2014.
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