Watch List notes:

RUSSIA, Empire. Yelizaveta Petrovna (Elizabeth). 1741-1762. CU Kopek (26mm, 12h). Ekaterinburg mint. Dated 17[57-60]. Crowned script ЄЄ monogram; 17 [...] across field; all within laurel and palm wreath / St. Georgii right on horseback, spearing Dragon recumbent below; all set on banner inscribed КОПЕИКА. Edge: cross hatched. Diakov 2.1 (for type); Bitkin 479-482; cf. Uzdenikov 2588 and 2597; Brekke 72 and 82-85. In NGC encapsulation, 3827954-012, graded XF 45 BN, double struck, second strike 60% off center. Evidence of obverse brockage.


Ex Goldberg 84 (27 January 2015), lot 4558; Irving Goldman Collection of Russian Coinage (Superior, 11 February 1991), lot 1683.