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[[Image:Livonia 1740.jpg|500px|thumb|Livonia in 1740, from Shepherd's atlas]] | [[Image:Livonia 1740.jpg|500px|thumb|Livonia in 1740, from Shepherd's atlas]] | ||
| − | This specimen was lot 24737 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2018), where it sold for $336. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "RUSSIA. [[Livonia]] & Estonia. 24 Kopek, 1757. Elizabeth I (1741-61). PCGS VF-35 Secure Holder. Toned." This coin was issued by the tsarina for the recently occupied province of Livonia, now part of [[Latvia]]. The region was conquered from pagan tribes by the Teutonic Knights and after their collapse, traded among [[Poland]], [[Sweden]] and Russia, which held it 1721-1918. This denomination was accompanied by two, [[Livonia 1757 4 kopeks|four]], [[Livonia 1757 96 kopeks|96]] and [[Livonia 1757 48 kopeks|48 kopeks]] and was minted in Moscow. | + | This specimen was lot 24737 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2018), where it sold for $336. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "RUSSIA. [[Livonia]] & Estonia. 24 Kopek, 1757. Elizabeth I (1741-61). PCGS VF-35 Secure Holder. Toned." This coin was issued by the tsarina for the recently occupied province of Livonia, now part of [[Latvia]]. The region was conquered from pagan tribes by the Teutonic Knights and after their collapse, traded among [[Poland]], [[Sweden]] and Russia, which held it 1721-1918. This denomination was accompanied by [[Livonia 1757 2 kopeks|two]], [[Livonia 1757 4 kopeks|four]], [[Livonia 1757 96 kopeks|96]] and [[Livonia 1757 48 kopeks|48 kopeks]] and was minted in Moscow. |
''Recorded mintage:'' 126,000. | ''Recorded mintage:'' 126,000. | ||
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* [[Livonia 1757 48 kopeks]] | * [[Livonia 1757 48 kopeks]] | ||
Latest revision as of 16:06, 1 August 2024
This specimen was lot 24737 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2018), where it sold for $336. The catalog description[1] noted, "RUSSIA. Livonia & Estonia. 24 Kopek, 1757. Elizabeth I (1741-61). PCGS VF-35 Secure Holder. Toned." This coin was issued by the tsarina for the recently occupied province of Livonia, now part of Latvia. The region was conquered from pagan tribes by the Teutonic Knights and after their collapse, traded among Poland, Sweden and Russia, which held it 1721-1918. This denomination was accompanied by two, four, 96 and 48 kopeks and was minted in Moscow.
Recorded mintage: 126,000.
Specification: 6.57 g, 0.750 fine silver.
Catalog reference: KM-3; Bit-636.
- [1]Ponterio, Richard, Kyle Ponterio, John Kraljevich and Cris Chatigny, The January 2018 NYINC Sale: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Eldorado Collection of Colombian and Ecuadorian Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2017.
- Bitkin, Vladimir, Composite Catalogue of Russian Coins, Part II (1740-1917), Kiev: Moneta, 2003.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
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