Russia 1862-EM 3 kopeks
This specimen was lot 262 in Sincona sale 65 (Zurich, October 2020), where it sold for 675 CHF (about US$889 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"3 Kopecks 1862, Ekaterinburg Mint, EM. NGC MS62 BN. (3 копейки 1862, Екатеринбургский МД, ЕМ. Биткин 326. В слабе NGC MS62 BN.)"
The Ekaterinburg mint was opened in the eighteenth century to strike copper coinage and did so in large quantities until 1876. This three kopeks, along with a quarter, half, one, two and five kopeks, was struck there 1859-67.
Recorded mintage: 10,377,000, a common date.
Specification: copper.
Catalog reference: KM Y5a.1, Bitkin 326.
- 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]Jürg Richter, Auction 65, Russian Coins and Medals, Zurich: Sincona AG, 2020.
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