Triton XXII, Lot: 1325. Estimate $500. Sold for $350. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

RUSSIA, Empire. Ekaterina II Velikaya (the Great). 1762-1796. Æ 5 Kopeks (50mm, 72.96 g, 12h). Sankt-Peterburg (St. Petersburg) mint. Dated 1788 CПМ. Crowned script IЄ II monogram within laurel and palm wreath; 17 88 (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. Edge: cross hatched. Diakov 593; Bitkin 596; Uzdenikov 2789; Brekke 273. Good Fine, brown surfaces. Double struck with second planchet caught between.