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This specimen was lot 4711 in Künker sale 264 (Osnabrück, June 2015), where it sold for €1,400 (about US$1,809 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''KAISERREICH Alexander II. 1855-1881. Ku.-5 Kopeken 1865, Ekaterinburg. Selten in dieser Erhaltung. Herrliche Kupferpatina, vorzüglich-Stempelglanz.'' (empire of Russia, Alexander II, 1855-81, copper five kopeks of 1865, Ekaterinburg mint. Rare in this grade, handsome copper color, extremely fine to uncirculated.)"</blockquote> This is listed as the most common date of a type issued 1858-67. The copper five kopeks was terminated in 1881. This specimen sold for twenty-two times the catalog value. | This specimen was lot 4711 in Künker sale 264 (Osnabrück, June 2015), where it sold for €1,400 (about US$1,809 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''KAISERREICH Alexander II. 1855-1881. Ku.-5 Kopeken 1865, Ekaterinburg. Selten in dieser Erhaltung. Herrliche Kupferpatina, vorzüglich-Stempelglanz.'' (empire of Russia, Alexander II, 1855-81, copper five kopeks of 1865, Ekaterinburg mint. Rare in this grade, handsome copper color, extremely fine to uncirculated.)"</blockquote> This is listed as the most common date of a type issued 1858-67. The copper five kopeks was terminated in 1881. This specimen sold for twenty-two times the catalog value. | ||
Revision as of 22:14, 18 October 2021
This specimen was lot 4711 in Künker sale 264 (Osnabrück, June 2015), where it sold for €1,400 (about US$1,809 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"KAISERREICH Alexander II. 1855-1881. Ku.-5 Kopeken 1865, Ekaterinburg. Selten in dieser Erhaltung. Herrliche Kupferpatina, vorzüglich-Stempelglanz. (empire of Russia, Alexander II, 1855-81, copper five kopeks of 1865, Ekaterinburg mint. Rare in this grade, handsome copper color, extremely fine to uncirculated.)"
This is listed as the most common date of a type issued 1858-67. The copper five kopeks was terminated in 1881. This specimen sold for twenty-two times the catalog value.
Record mintage: 38,943,000.
Specification: copper, this specimen 25.69 g.
Catalog reference: Bitkin 313, KM Y6a.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- 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.
- [1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Catalog 264, Gold coins | Russian Coins and Medals | German Coins after 1871, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2015.
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