Russia 1922-PL 20 kopeks
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This specimen was lot 32173 in Heritage sale 3076 (Long Beach, CA, September 2019), where it sold for $1,680. The catalog description[1] noted, "Russia: R.S.F.S.R. Proof 20 Kopecks 1922-ПЛ PR66 NGC, Leningrad mint, KM-Y82. Scattered gray to[n]ing, with bold strike and surfaces free of all but minute marks. None have been certified finer." This type was struck by the Communists 1921-23. The last silver twenty kopeks was struck in 1931.
Recorded mintage: 28,504,000 + proofs.
Specification: 3.60 g, 0.500 fine silver.
Catalog reference: KM-Y81.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- Harris, Robert P., Guidebook of Russian Coins, 1725 to 1970, Santa Cruz, CA: Bonanza Press, 1971.
- [1]Bierrenbach, Cristiano and Warren Tucker, Heritage World and Ancient Coins Auction 3076, featuring the Allen Moretti Swiss Collection and the James Mossman Collection of Canadian Coinage, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2019.
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