438, Lot: 671. Estimate $100. Sold for $70. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

RUSSIA, Empire. Ekaterina II Velikaya (the Great). 1762-1796. CU 5 Kopeks (43mm, 55.43 g, 12h). Ekaterinburg mint. Dated 1787 EM. 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; E м flanking tail. Edge: cross hatched. Diakov 562; Bitkin 638; Uzdenikov 2778; Brekke 261. EF, brown surfaces.