Russia 1909-SP EB 15 kopeks

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Heritage sale 3040, lot 30519
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from the Mountain Groan Collection
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The first specimen was lot 30519 in Heritage sale 3040 (Chicago, April 2015), where it sold for $1,527.50. The catalog description[1] noted, "Nicholas II Proof 15 Kopecks 1909 СПБ-ЭБ PR67 Deep Cameo PCGS, St. Petersburg mint. Obv. Crowned double-headed Imperial eagle. Rev. Crowned date and value in wreath. A sparkling white Gem, with spectacular eye-appeal. None have been certified finer by either of the two main grading services." 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. This is a common date. The communists struck a similar coin in .500 silver until 1931.

Recorded mintage: 21,667,000 plus a few proofs.

Specification: 2.7 g, 0.500 fine silver, .043 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: Bitkin-135, KM-Y21a.2.

Source:

  • [1]Bierrenbach, Cristiano, Warren Tucker and David Michaels, Heritage Signature Auction 3040, featuring the Santa Maria, the Alan Dean and the Valley View Life Collections, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2015.
  • 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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