Russia 1929 20 kopeks

from the Stack's Bowers 2019 ANA sale, lot 23645

This specimen was lot 23645 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Chicago, August 2019), where it sold for $100. The catalog description^[1] noted, "RUSSIA. 20 Kopeks, 1929. NGC MS-66. A lovely gem with exceptional soft satin luster." This type was struck 1924-31 to the standard of the old tsarist twenty kopeks. It was converted to copper-nickel in 1931.

Recorded mintage: 67,250,000.

Specification: 3.6 g, 0.500 fine silver, 22 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-Y88.

Source:

• 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]Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The August 2019 Chicago ANA Auction: World Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2019.

Link to:

• 1928 20 kopeks
• 1929 10 kopeks
• 1930 20 kopeks
• 1937 5 kopeks
• Coins and currency dated 1929