E-auction 610-588088 - fwo_761178 - RUSSIA 1 Kopeck 1915 Petrograd

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Estimate :	40 €
Price :	15 €
Maximum bid :	16 €
End of the sale :	23 December 2024 17:28:00
bidders :	6 bidders

Type : 1 Kopeck

Date: 1915

Mint name / Town : Petrograd

Quantity minted : 58000000

Metal : copper

Diameter : 21,5 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 3,23 g.

Edge : striée

Catalogue references :

KM20/9.3

Obverse

Obverse legend : (LÉGENDE CYRILLIQUE) МѢДНАЯ РОССІЙСКАЯ МОНЕТА // ОДНА КОПѢЙКА.

Obverse description : Aigle bicéphale couronné.

Obverse translation : (Monnaie russe de cuivre // Un kopeck).

Reverse

Reverse legend : (LÉGENDE CYRILLIQUE 1915 ГОДА // * 1 * / КОПѢЙКА).

Reverse description : Valeur faciale dans un cercle perlé.

Reverse translation : (1 Kopeck).

Commentary

Avec l’entrée en guerre de la Russie aux cotés de la France et du Royaume-Uni, Saint-Pétersbourg, dont le nom est jugé trop allemand, est russifié en 1914 en Petrograd. Ainsi les lettres d’atelier disparaissent des monnaies.