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434, Lot: 532. Estimate $100.
Sold for $475. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

RUSSIA, Empire. Pavl I Petrovich. 1796-1801. CU 5 Kopeks (46mm, 53.89 g, 12h). Special re-overstrike of a 1791 Ekaterinburg mint 5 kopecks of Ekaterina II Velikaya (the Great). Ekaterinburg mint. Dated 1791 EM (but struck 1797). 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; E м flanking tail; value on banner below. Edge: cross hatched. Diakov 684; Bitkin 97; Uzdenikov 2839; Brekke 7. Good VF, brown surfaces. Overstruck on an earlier 5 kopeks of Ekaterina II Velikaya (the Great), itself overstruck on a 1762 on a 1762 10 kopeks of Petr III Fyodorovitch. Rare.