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''Recorded mintage:'' 10,641,000.
 
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''Specification:'' 2.56 g, copper, 17.9 mm diameter.
  
 
''Catalog reference:'' KM Y3.1.  
 
''Catalog reference:'' KM Y3.1.  

Revision as of 21:30, 9 November 2024

from the Stack's Bowers 2020 Collector's Choice sale, lot 73442
photo courtesy Stacks Bowers LLC

This specimen was lot 73442 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Santa Ana, CA, June 2020), where it sold for $144. The catalog description[1] noted, "RUSSIA. Kopek, 1856-EM. Ekaterinburg Mint. Alexander II. NGC MS-63 Brown. This choice, deep brown example presents intense vibrancy and brilliance, with a color that verges upon violet." This type was struck at Ekaterinburg and Warsaw (KM Y3.2) 1855-60. The Warsaw issues are considerably scarcer than the Ekaterinburg product. The Ekaterinburg mint closed in 1876.

Recorded mintage: 10,641,000.

Specification: 2.56 g, copper, 17.9 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM Y3.1.

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]Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The June 2020 Collector's Choice sale: World and Ancient Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2020.

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