Russia 1763-EM 5 kopeks

from the Stack's Bowers October 2021 Collector's Choice sale, lot 72125

This specimen was lot 72125 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, October 2021), where it sold for $144. The catalog description^[1] noted, "RUSSIA. 5 Kopeks, 1763-EM. Ekaterinburg Mint. Catherine II (the Great). NGC EF-40 Brown. A 5 Kopek of Catherine II struck over a 5 Kopek of Peter III (KM-C44), with much of the undertype still visible on both sides. The surfaces are rather crude, but detail abounds on this curious piece, with light brown patina throughout."" This type was struck 1763-96 in the Ekaterinburg mint for circulation in Russia during the reign of Catherine the Great. Over a billion were issued between the Annensk, Moscow, Sestroretsk, Kolyvan, Ekaterinburg and St. Petersburg mints. The mintage noted below consumed 2,068 metric tons of copper. Many survive today but few in choice condition. Russia has the distinction of being the first country to issue decimal currency, as 100 kopeks = one ruble.

Recorded mintage: 40,398,000.

Specification: 51.2 g, copper.

Catalog reference: KM-C59.3; Bit-609.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th 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.
• Brekke, B. F., The Copper Coinage of Imperial Russia, 1700-1917, New York, Galerie des Monnaies, 1977, with 1987 supplement.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The October 2021 Collector's Choice sale: World and Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.

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