WCN - Peter III Set
10 KOPEKS
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Coin Details
| Origin/Country: |
RUSSIA - 1606-1801 |
| Item Description: |
C10K 1762 |
| Full Grade: |
NGC VF 20 BN |
| Owner: |
World_Coin_Nut |
Owner Comments:
Obverse: Crowned double-headed eagle within a circle of stars
Reverse: Value, date above the drum, crossed flags
Ruler: Peter III
Note: Unknown mint. Without a mint mark. Varieties exist. Struck over 5 Kopecks of 1758-62.
Composition: Copper
Petr III Fyodorovitch. 1762. CU 10 Kopeks (43mm, 51.49 g, 12h). Dated 1762. Crowned double-headed imperial eagle facing with wings displayed, holding scepter and orb, coat-of-arms of Moskva framed by Order of St. Andrei (the First Called) on breast; crown above; border of ten stars / Drum set on ground with sticks to left behind; trumpet behind drum, facing up; cannon, halberds, and banners on either side; 1762 ยท in four lines above. Edge: cross hatched . Diakov 30 (example showing traces of undertype); Bitkin 19; Uzdenikov 2622; Brekke 16. VF, brown surfaces. Overstruck on a 5 kopeks of Yelizaveta Petrovna (Elizabeth).