Russia 1904-SP AP 15 kopeks
This specimen was lot 25641 in Heritage sale 3026 (Long Beach, October 2013), where it sold for $1,351.25. The catalog description[1] noted, "Nicholas II Proof 15 Kopecks 1904 СПБ-AP, Crowned double-headed Imperial eagle in circle / Crowned date and value in wreath, Proof 64 Ultra Cameo NGC. Fully brilliant with the slightest hint of golden toning. The strike is superb and the surfaces exhibit only the faintest imperfections." The fifteen kopeks, a quasi-decimal denomination as ten and twenty kopeks were also minted, was struck in large numbers until the collapse of the regime in 1917. The communists struck a similar coin in .500 silver until 1931.
Recorded mintage: 15,600,000 plus a few proofs.
Specification: 2.7 g, 0.500 fine silver, .043 troy oz ASW.
Catalog reference: Bitkin 130, KM-Y21a.2.
- [1]Bierrenbach, Cristiano, Warren Tucker and Scott Cordry, Heritage Signature Auction 3026, World & Ancient Coins, featuring the RLM Collection, Part Two, the Nogales Collection and the Goetz Medals Die Archive, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2013.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th 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.
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