Spitzbergen 1946 50 kopeks
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This specimen was lot 2154 in Goldberg sale 128 (Los Angeles, June 2022), where it sold for $144. The catalog description[1] noted, "Russia. USSR Spitzbergen 50 Kopecks, 1946. Smaller star below date; legend around. Reverse: Value; legend. PCGS graded MS-61." This token was issued for use in the Russian concession on Spitzbergen (also known in Norwegian as Svalbard). Ten, fifteen and twenty kopek tokens were also issued in 1946. This type exists in small and large star varieties; the SCWC prices them the same.
Recorded mintage: est. 21,840.
Specification: 3.6 g, Copper-Nickel, 22.2 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-Tn4.2.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Goldberg, Ira, Larry Goldberg, Stephen Harvey and Vera Liu, Goldberg Sale 128: the Pre-Long Beach Auction, Los Angeles: Goldberg Coins and Collectibles, 2022.
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