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LOT 4204
Russia. 1917 Revolution AR Kopeks. Dated 1912. Countermarked on 50 Kopeks of Tsar Nikolai II Aleksandrovich.
St. Petersburg mint. Elikum Babayants, mintmaster. Б.М.НИКОЛАЙ II ИМПЕРАТОРЬ И САМОДЕРЖЕЦЪ ВСЕРОСС, bare head to left / 50 КОПѢЕКЪ 1912 Г., crowned double-headed eagle facing with wings spread, wearing shield on breast depicting St. George slaying the dragon, with shields arranged across wings, and holding sceptre and orb; crown with ribbons above; octagonal countermark: "Deposition of the Romanov Dynasty. March 1917” in Russian. Edge inscription: (Э•Б) ЧИСТАГО СЕРЕБРА 2 ЗОЛОТНИКА 10,5 ДОЛЕЙ. Y 58.2; Bitkin 91. Very Fine.(10.02gr, 27mm, 12h.).
Provenance
Private collection formed in Europe in the 1980s.
Westminster collection, central London, UK.
Footnotes
Such counterstruck issues were produced to celebrate the deposing of the tsar and his family, bringing to an end the 300 year rule of the Romanovs.
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