Russia 1750 1/2 kopek
This specimen was lot 74481 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, November 2023), where it sold for $480. The catalog description[1] noted, "RUSSIA. Denga (1/2 Kopek), 1750. Ekaterinburg or Moscow Mint. Elizabeth I. NGC MS-63 Brown. A well centered and sharply made example of the type with even brown surfaces throughout. Ex: Budanitsky Collection." This type was struck at Ekaterinburg and Moscow without mintmark 1730-1754 and is common in circulated condition. The denomination is written "ДЕНГА" (denga).
Recorded mintage: 64,269,000.
Specification: 8.19 g, copper.
Catalog reference: KM-188.
- 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.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, November 2023 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancient & World Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.
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