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[[Image:Russia S19-01041q00.jpg|550px|thumb|Sincona sale 19, lot 1041]] | [[Image:Russia S19-01041q00.jpg|550px|thumb|Sincona sale 19, lot 1041]] | ||
| − | This specimen was lot 1041 in Sincona sale 19 ( | + | This specimen was lot 1041 in Sincona sale 19 (Zürich, October 2014), where it sold for CHF 6,000 (about US$7,519 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "Kopeck 1924. Brilliant uncirculated." In 1921, having defeated all its internal enemies, the Bolshevik regime resumed the issue of silver coinage of ten kopeks up to a ruble. In 1924, this bronze kopek was added, along with a [[Russia 1924 2 kopeks|two]], [[Russia 1924 3 kopeks|three]] and [[Russia 1924 5 kopeks|five]] kopeks. |
''Recorded mintage:'' 34,705,000. | ''Recorded mintage:'' 34,705,000. | ||
Revision as of 08:17, 11 June 2025
This specimen was lot 1041 in Sincona sale 19 (Zürich, October 2014), where it sold for CHF 6,000 (about US$7,519 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted, "Kopeck 1924. Brilliant uncirculated." In 1921, having defeated all its internal enemies, the Bolshevik regime resumed the issue of silver coinage of ten kopeks up to a ruble. In 1924, this bronze kopek was added, along with a two, three and five kopeks.
Recorded mintage: 34,705,000.
Specification: bronze, issued with reeded edge (common) and plain edge (scarce), this specimen 3.28 g.
Catalog reference: KM Y76.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- Harris, Robert P., Guidebook of Russian Coins, 1725 to 1970, Santa Cruz, CA: Bonanza Press, 1971.
- [1]Shiryakov, I. V., and Jürg Richter, The Sincona Collection, Part 3 and Russian Coins & Medals from Other Properties, Zurich: Sincona AG, 2014.
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