Russian 2 Kopek with a Coolness Factor
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I picked this up this weekend and found something interesting on it.
It's a Russian 2 Kopek and if you look close at the Reverse (upside down)
There is some 'extra' lettering and the looks of a '1' or '4'.
Hmm... After pulling out Krause I was able to match up the lettering with not one, but two other coins.
The obverse behind the Horse has another '2' inverted, and the faint Wreath shouldn't be with the Horse..
Here's what I found out:
RUSSIA
DOUBLE OVERSTRUCK
1765 2 Kopeks KM-58.3
Overstruck on a 4 Kopeks of 1762 (lettering visible inside wreath)
Also overstruck on the original 2 Kopeks of 1762 (‘2’ visible behind horse)
Czar Peter III’s Money Scheme:
During Peter III’s short six-month reign a scheme was developed to raise government money by reducing the metal content of copper coins by half. 150 million copper coins were overstruck with new images and denominations to double their value.
The original ‘2’ of the date from the 1762 two-Kopeks (KM/C# 7.2) can be seen behind the horse.
When Catherine II ‘The Great’ inherited the throne, she firmly rejected the devaluation of the copper coinage and had Peter III’s already overstruck coppers overstruck again to restore them to their original value.
The legend and ‘4’ of the previous four-Kopeks of 1762 (KM/C# 43.2) can be seen inside the wreath and crown.
It's a Russian 2 Kopek and if you look close at the Reverse (upside down)
There is some 'extra' lettering and the looks of a '1' or '4'.
Hmm... After pulling out Krause I was able to match up the lettering with not one, but two other coins.
The obverse behind the Horse has another '2' inverted, and the faint Wreath shouldn't be with the Horse..
Here's what I found out:
RUSSIA
DOUBLE OVERSTRUCK
1765 2 Kopeks KM-58.3
Overstruck on a 4 Kopeks of 1762 (lettering visible inside wreath)
Also overstruck on the original 2 Kopeks of 1762 (‘2’ visible behind horse)
Czar Peter III’s Money Scheme:
During Peter III’s short six-month reign a scheme was developed to raise government money by reducing the metal content of copper coins by half. 150 million copper coins were overstruck with new images and denominations to double their value.
The original ‘2’ of the date from the 1762 two-Kopeks (KM/C# 7.2) can be seen behind the horse.
When Catherine II ‘The Great’ inherited the throne, she firmly rejected the devaluation of the copper coinage and had Peter III’s already overstruck coppers overstruck again to restore them to their original value.
The legend and ‘4’ of the previous four-Kopeks of 1762 (KM/C# 43.2) can be seen inside the wreath and crown.
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I have a few batch of overstruck coins, but rarely do you find 3 visible years in one single coin!
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