Russia 1898-SP AG 15 kopeks

Heritage sale 3064, lot 33695

This specimen was lot 33695 in Heritage sale 3064 (Chicago, April 2018), where it sold for $552. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Nicholas II 15 Kopecks 1898 CΠB-AΓ MS66 NGC. A very crisp strike, fully realized details, and brilliant cartwheel luster. Few others are observed at a higher grade." The fifteen kopeks, a quasi-decimal denomination as ten and twenty kopeks were also minted, was struck in large numbers until the collapse of the regime in 1917. The communists struck a similar coin in .500 silver until 1931.

Recorded mintage: 3,000,000.

Specification: 2.70 g, 0.500 fine silver.

Catalog reference: KM-Y21a.2.

Source:

• 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]Cristiano Bierrenbach and Warren Tucker, Heritage World Coin Auction 3064, featuring the Doug Robins Collection of Canadian Tokens, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2018.

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