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This specimen was lot 23529 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Philadelphia, August 2018), where it sold for $900. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "RUSSIA. Polushka (1/4 Kopek), 1850-BM. Warsaw Mint. PCGS MS-63 RB. Significant mint red remains over the surfaces with designs that are bold due to strong strike. A SCARCE date, with the last certified example to appear at auction, a PCGS-graded AU-55, bringing 1,400 Polish Zloty hammer (approximately $400 hammer) in a March 2018 sale in Poland." This type was struck 1850-55 at Ekaterinburg (mintmark EM) and also Warsaw (shown here) 1850-53.  
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This specimen was lot 23529 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Philadelphia, August 2018), where it sold for $900. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "RUSSIA. Polushka (1/4 Kopek), 1850-BM. Warsaw Mint. PCGS MS-63 RB. Significant mint red remains over the surfaces with designs that are bold due to strong strike. A SCARCE date, with the last certified example to appear at auction, a PCGS-graded AU-55, bringing 1,400 Polish Zloty hammer (approximately $400 hammer) in a March 2018 sale in Poland." This type was struck 1850-55 at Ekaterinburg (mintmark EM) and also Warsaw (shown here) 1850-53. The weight standard given here is from Numista; the 3 g given in the SCWC is wrong.
 
   
 
   
 
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''Specification:'' 3 g, copper.  
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''Specification:'' 1.28 g, copper, 14.5 mmm diameter.  
  
 
''Catalog reference:'' C-147.3; Bit-878.  
 
''Catalog reference:'' C-147.3; Bit-878.  
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* [[Russia 1843-CM 1/4 kopek|1843-CM polushka]]
 
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* [[Russia 1850-EM 1/4 kopek|1850-EM polushka]]
 
* [[Russia 1850-EM 2 kopeks|1850-EM 2 kopeks]]
 
* [[Russia 1850-EM 2 kopeks|1850-EM 2 kopeks]]
 
* [[Russia 1850-EM 5 kopeks|1850-EM copper 5 kopeks]]
 
* [[Russia 1850-EM 5 kopeks|1850-EM copper 5 kopeks]]

Revision as of 17:19, 8 November 2024

from the Stack's Bowers 2018 Collector's Choice sale, lot 23529
Russia SB818-23529r.jpg

This specimen was lot 23529 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Philadelphia, August 2018), where it sold for $900. The catalog description[1] noted, "RUSSIA. Polushka (1/4 Kopek), 1850-BM. Warsaw Mint. PCGS MS-63 RB. Significant mint red remains over the surfaces with designs that are bold due to strong strike. A SCARCE date, with the last certified example to appear at auction, a PCGS-graded AU-55, bringing 1,400 Polish Zloty hammer (approximately $400 hammer) in a March 2018 sale in Poland." This type was struck 1850-55 at Ekaterinburg (mintmark EM) and also Warsaw (shown here) 1850-53. The weight standard given here is from Numista; the 3 g given in the SCWC is wrong.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 1.28 g, copper, 14.5 mmm diameter.

Catalog reference: C-147.3; Bit-878.

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.
  • 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 August 2018 Philadelphia ANA Auction: World Coins and Selections from the El Dorado Collection of Colombian Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2018.

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