436, Lot: 864. Estimate $300. Sold for $240. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

RUSSIA, Empire. Ekaterina II Velikaya (the Great). 1762-1796. CU 5 Kopeks (45mm, 50.30 g, 12h). Sankt-Peterburg (St. Petersburg) mint. Dated [176... C · Π]M. 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; [...] м flanking tail. Edge: cross hatched. Cf. Diakov 30; cf. Bitkin 564; cf. Uzdenikov 2637; cf. Brekke 199 (all refs for 1763). Near VF, brown surfaces, double struck. Overstruck on a 1762 10 kopeks of Petr III Fyodorovitch.