434, Lot: 531. Estimate $100. Sold for $320. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

RUSSIA, Empire. Pavl I Petrovich. 1796-1801. CU 5 Kopeks (45mm, 48.32 g, 12h). Special re-overstrike of a 1793 Ekaterinburg mint 5 kopecks of Ekaterina II Velikaya (the Great). Nizhny Novgorod mint. Dated 1793 EM (but struck 1797). Crowned script IЄ II monogram within laurel and palm wreath; crown above; date across field / 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; value on banner below. Edge: cross hatched. Diakov 734; Bitkin 101; Uzdenikov 2858; Brekke 10. EF, brown surfaces, roughness. Overstruck on a 1796 10 kopeks of Ekaterina II Velikaya (the Great). Very rare.