Live auction - fwo_527779 - RUSSIA 2 Kopecks 1916 Saint-Petersbourg

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MS65

Estimate :	260 €
Price :	no bid
Maximum bid :	no bid
End of the sale :	28 April 2020 19:47:09

Type : 2 Kopecks

Date: 1916

Mint name / Town : Saint-Petersbourg

Quantity minted : 31500000

Metal : copper

Diameter : 24 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Edge : striée

Slab

PCGS : MS65

Coments on the condition:

La monnaie est sous coque PCGS MS65RB

Catalogue references :

KM20/10.3

Obverse

Obverse legend : (LÉGENDE CYRILLIQUE) МѢДНАЯ РОССІЙСКАЯ МОНЕТА / ДВѢ КОПѢЙКИ.

Obverse description : aigle bicéphale couronné.

Reverse

Reverse legend : (LÉGENDE CYRILLIQUE) 1916 ГОДА / *2* / КОПѢЙКИ.

Reverse description : Légende et valeur faciale dans un cercle fermé de perles, couronne végétale.

Commentary

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