435, Lot: 522. Estimate $75. Sold for $50. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

RUSSIA, Empire. Ekaterina II Velikaya (the Great). 1762-1796. CU 5 Kopeks (45mm, 47.20 g, 12h). Sankt-Peterburg (St. Petersburg) mint. Dated 1764 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. Cf. Diakov 65; Bitkin 567; Uzdenikov 2647; Brekke 203. Near VF, dark brown surfaces. Overstruck on a 1762 10 kopeks of Petr III Fyodorovitch.