433, Lot: 588. Estimate $200. Sold for $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

RUSSIA, Empire. Ekaterina II Velikaya (the Great). 1762-1796. CU 5 Kopeks (42mm, 44.59 g, 12h). Sankt-Peterburg (St. Petersburg) mint. Dated 1767 CΠM. Crowned script IЄ II monogram within laurel and palm wreath; crown above; date across field / Crowned double-headed imperial eagle facing with wings displayed, holding scepter and orb, coat-of-arms of Moskva framed by Order of St. Andrei Первозванного (the First Called) on breast; crown above; с · п м flanking tail; value on banner below. Edge; cross hatched. Diakov 177 (example showing traces of undertype); Bitkin 571; Uzdenikov 2689; Brekke 220. VF, brown surfaces. Overstruck on a 10 kopeks of Petr III Fyodorovitch. Rare.