Russia 1868-EM 3 kopeks

from the Stack's Bowers 2022 Collector's Choice sale, lot 75296

This specimen was lot 75296 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2022), where it sold for $456. The catalog description^[1] noted, "RUSSIA. 3 Kopeks, 1868-EM. Ekaterinburg Mint. Alexander II. NGC MS-62 Brown. Well impressed and charming, this minor is sure to turn some heads with the desirous chocolate brown color." This type was struck 1867-76 and is one of the last issues of the Ekaterinburg mint. The St. Petersburg issue was reduced in weight to 8 g in 1867 and struck in that form until the end of the regime.

Recorded mintage: 6,509,000, the most common date.

Specification: copper, 10.25 g, 28.36 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-Y11.1.

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, 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.

Link to:

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