Russian 5 Kopecks Catherine the great era (1762-1796)

[Bugmann1974]

I figured I would show off my small handfull of 5 Kopeck peices from the Cathrine II (the great) era of Imperial Russia. These are pretty cool, they are pretty common and are pretty reasonable in price.

 

Here is a good site I found with a little bit of info on these coins.

http://www.russiannumismaticsociety.org/learn5kop.htm

 

Here are my coins:

 

1763 Moscow mint

 

1764 Moscow mint Struck over a 10 Kopeck from Peter III era (1761-1762)

 

1766 St. Petersburg mint

 

1788 St. Petersburg mint Struck over 10 Kopeck from Peter III era

 

 

[RI AL]

If I remember right, are these about the size of a silver dollar...maybe a bit bigger? Just the bulk of them was interesting to me. I had a couple but traded them off years ago. They are neat coins!!

[Conder101]

About the diameter of a silver dollar but almost twice as thick. These are some serious hunks of copper. The Siberian 10 Kopecks are even bigger. I keep thinking about branching out into these 5 Kopeck pieces. Nice, big, old, copper.

[Bugmann1974]

Yup these things are huge as far as copper coins go.

[World Colonial]

My favorite Russian coins are those with the imperial coat of arms (I believe the two eagles facing each other) and the wreath from about the mid 19th century onward. Its one of the most attractive designs to me of any coin anywhere. The proofs are particularly scarce and desirable and the prices seem to have moved up a lot on the few occassions when I now see them.

[Bugmann1974]

I think I have a 20 Kopeck from that era, I will have to snap a pic of it.

[coinsarefun]

Very nice indeed!

 

 

This is my first of many to come, I love them

 

 

 

 

Stefanie

 

 

 

[Yarm]

Hefty buggers!