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Russian Coins and Historical Medals. A Curious Trio of Coppers with Segments of obverse Mintmarks…

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Russian Coins and Historical Medals. A Curious Trio of Coppers with Segments of obverse Mintmarks…
Russian Coins and Historical Medals. A Curious Trio of Coppers with Segments of obverse Mintmarks. 5 Kopecks 1803 ‘E’-EM. 50.74 gm. As Bit 284. On this curious piece, there is a retrograde “E” beneath the eagle’s right tailfeathers. This “E” is quite different from the reverse mm “E,” and is clearly not from the same die/punch that produced the reverse mintmark. One could speculate whether there were pattern 5 Kopecks similar to the pattern 2 Kopecks mentioned in Brekke/Bakken supplement p.64-67 (the thin bars and the small downward leg of the top bar do correspond to the “E” in figure 2, p.64), though it would be uncertain why this “E” is retro-grade. A fascinating numismatic riddle worth further research About extremely fine