Russia 1903-SP AP 15 kopeks

Sincona sale 84, lot 525

This specimen was lot 525 in Sincona sale 84 (Zürich, October 2023), where it sold for 2,400 CHF (about US$3,232 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"RUSSIA Russian Empire and Federation, 15 Kopecks 1903, St. Petersburg Mint, SPB AR. Very rare in this condition. Proof. Most attractively toned."

The fifteen kopeks, a quasi-decimal denomination as ten and twenty kopeks were also minted, was struck in large numbers 1867-1917. The communists struck a similar coin in .500 silver until 1931.

Recorded mintage: 16,667,000, a better date.

Specification: 2.70 g, 0.500 fine silver, this specimen 2.81 g.

Catalog reference: KM Y21a.2, Bitkin 29.

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.
• ^[1]Richter, Jürg, SINCONA Auction 84, Russian Coins and Medals, Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2023.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.

Link to:

• 1903-СПБ kopek
• 1903-СПБ 2 kopeks
• 1903-СПБ 3 kopeks
• 1903-AP ruble
• 1903-AP 5 rubles
• 1903-AP 10 rubles
• 1904-СПБ AP 15 kopeks
• Coins and currency dated 1903