435, Lot: 517. Estimate $100. Sold for $190. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

RUSSIA, Empire. Ekaterina II Velikaya (the Great). 1762-1796. CU 5 Kopeks (43mm, 43.76 g, 12h). Sankt-Peterburg (St. Petersburg) mint (small mintmark). Dated 1763 C · ΠM. Crowned script IЄ II monogram; date across field; all within laurel and palm wreath / 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 30; Bitkin 565; cf. Uzdenikov 2658; Brekke 199. VF, brown surfaces.