Russia 1915 kopek
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This specimen was lot 47590 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Chicago, August 2024), where it sold for $216. The catalog description[1] noted, "RUSSIA. Kopek, 1915. St. Petersburg (Petrograd) Mint. Nicholas II. PCGS MS-65 Red." This type was struck 1915-17 during World War One as the Czarist regime started to come apart. It varied from the previous kopek (KM Y9.2) by the absence of a mintmark.
Recorded mintage: 58,000,000.
Specification: 3.3 g, copper, 21.6 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-Y9.3; Bit-262.
- 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.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, August 2024 Global Showcase Auction, World & Ancient Coins, featuring The Emilio M. Ortiz Collection, The Richard Margolis Collection and The Rutherford Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.
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