Russia 1795-AM 2 kopeks

from the Stack's Bowers 2018 Collector's Choice sale, lot 71451

This specimen was lot 71451 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Santa Ana, CA, May 2018), where it sold for $576. The catalog description^[1] noted, "RUSSIA. 2 Kopeks, 1795/4 AM. Annensk. PCGS AU-50 Secure Holder. Dark chocolate brown patina. Clear overdate." This type was struck 1781-96 in the Kolyvan mint for circulation in Russia during the reign of Catherine the Great. Many millions were issued between the Annensk (struck 1789-96), Moscow, Feodesia, Kolyvan, Ekaterinburg and St. Petersburg mints. Many survive today but few in choice condition. This is a rare date, being priced at twenty times the Ekaterinburg issue. Russia has the distinction of being the first country to issue decimal currency, as 100 kopeks = one ruble.

Recorded mintage: 56,000.

Specification: 20.48 g, copper.

Catalog reference: KM C-58.2; Bit-873.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 201612.
• Bitkin, Vladimir, Composite Catalogue of Russian Coins, Part II (1740-1917), Kiev: Moneta, 2003.
• Brekke, B. F., The Copper Coinage of Imperial Russia, 1700-1917, New York, Galerie des Monnaies, 1977, with 1987 supplement.
• Harris, Robert P., Guidebook of Russian Coins, 1725 to 1970, Santa Cruz, CA: Bonanza Press, 1971.
• ^[1]Ponterio, Richard, Kyle Ponterio and Chris Chatigny, The May 2018 Collector's Choice Sale, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2018.

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