Russia 1937 5 kopeks

Steve Album sale 38, lot 3580

This specimen was lot 3580 in Stephen Album sale 38 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2020), where it sold for $261.80. The catalog description^[1] noted, "U.S.S.R.: AE 5 kopecks, 1937, PCGS graded MS64." This type was struck 1937-46 during Stalin's rule. Altho the common dates are very common, the scarce dates (including this one) are very scarce. The succeeding type (KM Y115) of 1948-56 had the same design but was only 4.80 g.

Recorded mintage: 2,000,000.

Specification: 5.21 g, aluminum bronze, 25.1 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: Y-108, Fedorin-36.

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]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 38, featuring the Dabestani Collection of Persian Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2020.

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