Sale: CNG 79, Lot: 1815. Estimate $10.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 17 September 2008.  Sold For $44. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

[Brekke] Elmen, J. The Bernhard F. Brekke Collection. The Copper Coinage of Imperial Russia, 1700-1917. (Santa Rosa, 13 May 1993, 18 November 1993, 5 May 1994, and 29 February 1996). 4 parts. 900 total coin and 351 book lots, partially illustrated on 50 plates (unnumbered). One of the most important and comprehensive collections of the copper coinage of Imperial Russia, assembled by the author of the standard reference. The coins comprise the first three sales, while the fourth contain’s Brekke’s numismatic library. Very Fine condition.