Russia 1900-FZ 50 kopeks

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Künker sale 354, lot 6104

This specimen was lot 6104 in Künker sale 354 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €1,400 (about US$1,948 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"RUSSLAND, KAISERREICH, Nikolaus II. 1894-1917. 50 Kopeken 1900, St. Petersburg. In US-Plastikholder der NGC mit der Bewertung MS 63 + (5777401-005). Selten in dieser Erhaltung. Prachtexemplar. Vorzüglich-Stempelglanz. (empire of Russia, Nicholas II, 1894-1917, fifty kopeks of 1900, St. Petersburg mint. Graded NGC MS-63+, scarce in this quality, choice example, extremely fine to uncirculated.)"

This is from a type struck 1895-1914. The fifty kopeks replaced the old poltina or half ruble.

Recorded mintage: 3,360,000.

Specification: 10 g, 0.900 fine silver.

Catalog reference: KM Y-58.2, Bitkin 79.

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.
  • Harris, Robert P., Guidebook of Russian Coins, 1725 to 1970, Santa Cruz, CA: Bonanza Press, 1971.
  • [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Künker Auktion 354: Munzen und Medaillen aus Mittelalter und Neuzeit u. a. Braunschweig-Luneburg. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2021.

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