Russia 1789-EM kopek

Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale, lot 75275

This specimen was lot 75275 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2022), where it sold for $312. The catalog description^[1] noted, "RUSSIA. Kopek, 1789-EM. Ekaterinburg Mint. Catherine II (the Great). NGC AU-58. RARELY encountered better than this minor, the present Kopek offers a strong strike that is well placed on the mostly symmetrical flan. Worthy of a great collection of Russian coins." This type was struck at Ekaterinburg (mintmark EM), Moscow (MM), St. Petersburg (CΠM), Feodosia (TM) and unmarked 1763-67 and 1788-96. This is the most common date of a fairly plentiful type.

Recorded mintage: 6,343,000.

Specification: 10.24 g, copper, 26.5 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-C57.2.

Source:

• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The February 2022 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancients & World Coins, Featuring Selections from the Kings Norton Mint Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.
• Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
• 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.

Link to:

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• Coins and currency dated 1789