436, Lot: 877. Estimate $200. Sold for $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

RUSSIA, Empire. Ekaterina II Velikaya (the Great). 1762-1796. CU 5 Kopeks (45mm, 44.48 g, 12h). Sankt-Peterburg (St. Petersburg) mint. Dated 1788 C · ΠM. 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; с · п м flanking tail. Edge: cross hatched. Diakov 593; Bitkin 572; Uzdenikov 2789; Brekke 273. Near VF, brown surfaces, light overall porosity. Overstruck on a 1762 10 kopeks of Petr III Fyodorovitch.