Russia 1970 50 kopeks

Steve Album Auction 52, lot 2741

This specimen was lot 2741 in Steve Album Auction 52 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2025), where it sold for $144. The catalog description^[1] noted, "RUSSIA: U.S.S.R.: 50 kopeks, 1970, rare date, a few spots, Prooflike Unc, ex Almer H. Orr III Collection." The mintages of this type produced 1964-91 are not recorded but most dates are common. The years 1970 and 1971 are scarce.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 4.4 g, copper-nickel-zinc, 24.05 mm diameter, lettered edge.

Catalog reference: KM Y133a.2.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Dustin Wagner, Auction 52, featuring the Dr. Robert A. Rosenfeld Collection and the Almer H. Orr III Collection, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2025.

Link to:

• 1969 50 kopeks
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• 1970 ruble, centennial of Lenin's birth
• 1971 50 kopeks
• Coins and currency dated 1970