View source for Russia 1826-SP NG 5 kopeks C-156

[[Image:Russia SB119-43909o.jpg|300px|thumb|from the Stack's Bowers 2019 NYINC sale, lot 43909]]
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[[Image:Russia SB1019-72729o.jpg|300px|thumb|Stack's Bowers 2019 Collector's Choice sale, lot 72729]]
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This specimen was lot 43909 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2019), where it sold for $384. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "RUSSIA. 5 Kopek, 1826-CNB HT. PCGS MS-64 Gold Shield. Wings down type. Sharply struck with reflective fields and incipient peripheral toning. A lovely little near Gem example sure to please." The second specimen was lot 72729 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Santa Ana, CA, October 2019), where it sold for $312. The catalog description<sup>[2]</sup> noted, "RUSSIA. 5 Kopeks, 1826-CNB HT. St. Petersburg Mint. Nicholas I. NGC MS-62. 'Wings down' variety. A pleasing specimen, offering steel gray surfaces with some hints of goldenrod throughout, along with a fairly strong strike and underlying luster." Two types of silver five kopeks were struck in 1826; C156, with the eagle's wings down, struck 1810-26; and C126, wings up, struck 1826-31. 

''Recorded mintage:'' 1,340,000 (C126 + C156). 

''Specification:'' 1.036 g, 0.868 fine silver.

''Catalog reference:'' KM-C156; Bit-149. 

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* Bitkin, Vladimir, ''Composite Catalogue of Russian Coins, Part II (1740-1917),'' Kiev: Moneta, 2003.
* Harris, Robert P., ''Guidebook of Russian Coins, 1725 to 1970,'' Santa Cruz, CA: Bonanza Press, 1971.
* Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed.'', Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Ponterio, Richard, Kyle Ponterio, Matt Orsini and Cris Chatigny, ''The January 2019 NYINC Sale: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money,'' Santa Ana, CA: [http://www.stacksbowers.com Stack's Bowers LLC], 2018. 
* <sup>[2]</sup>Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, ''The October 2019 Collector's Choice Sale: World and Ancient Coins,'' Santa Ana, CA: [http://www.stacksbowers.com Stack's Bowers LLC], 2019.

''Link to:''
* [[Russia 1825-SP PD 5 kopeks|1825 5 kopeks]]
* [[Russia 1826-SP NG 5 kopeks C-126|1826-CПБ HГ silver 5 kopeks, wings up]]
* [[Russia 1826-SP NG 10 kopeks KM-C127|1826-СПБ ΗГ 10 kopeks, wings up]]
* [[Russia 1826-SP NG 10 kopeks KM-C157|1826-CПБ HГ silver 10 kopeks, wings down]]
* [[Russia 1826-SP NG 20 kopeks KM-C128|1826-СПБ ΗГ 20 kopeks, wings up]]
* [[Russia 1826-SP NG 20 kopeks KM-C158|1826-СПБ ΗГ 20 kopeks, wings down]]
* [[Russia 1826-SP NG ruble Dav-281|1826-СПБ HГ ruble "wings up"]]
* [[Russia 1826-SP NG ruble Dav-282|1826-СПБ HГ ruble "wings down"]]
* [[Russia 1827-SP NG 5 kopeks|1827 5 kopeks]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1826]]
* return to coins of [[Russia]]

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