Russia 1930 20 kopeks
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This specimen was lot 58328 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2024), where it sold for $40. The catalog description[1] noted, "RUSSIA. 20 Kopeks, 1930. St. Petersburg (Leningrad) Mint. PCGS MS-63." This type was struck 1924-31 to the standard of the old tsarist twenty kopeks. It was converted to copper-nickel in 1931 (KM Y97).
Recorded mintage: 125,658,000.
Specification: 3.6 g, 0.500 fine silver, 22 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-Y88; Fedorin-18.
- 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, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, January 2024 NYINC Auction, featuring the Emilio M Ortiz Collection and a Symphony of Russian Rarities, the Rothschild-Piatigorsky Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.
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