Can anyone identify this?

Romankow · November 9, 2019 3:23PM

I am not sure that this is a US coin/medal, but I figured I would start here since you are all so knowledgeable.

Somebody gave me this coin today. It is larger than a silver dollar—approximately 40mm in diameter. It weighs about 48 grams. It appears to be copper, although it could be an alloy. It has a speckled pattern on the edge, although the edge on this coin is very worn down.

Any ideas?

coinsarefun · November 9, 2019 3:26PM

Russian Kopek. Nice big hunk of copper

BillDugan1959 · November 9, 2019 3:37PM

More specifically, a Russian 5 kopecks of Catherine the Great. Towards the low end for grade, but still desirable.

The large E on the side with the date stands for 'Ekatarina', the Russian name of Catherine.

The widely separated EM on the side with the eagle is the mintmark, Ekaterinburg Mint.

I hesitate with this link (to Littleton Coin), but nothing that they say is inaccurate. Just pricey...

https://www.littletoncoin.com/shop/ProductDisplay?storeId=10001&urlLangId=-1&productId=248806&urlRequestType=Base&langId=-1&catalogId=29555

earlycoins · November 9, 2019 4:24PM

I’m always impressed by the brain trust at this site!

ricko · November 9, 2019 5:21PM

Wow...fast identification..... and a nice coin....Cheers, RickO

JRocco · November 9, 2019 7:17PM

As stated these are nice big ol hunks of copper
A few examples for comp

And here is a nice error. A multi struck 1785

amwldcoin · November 9, 2019 7:42PM

If your looking through any groups of those you want to pick out any that are not EM's as they are much scarcer.

JRocco · November 9, 2019 7:55PM

@amwldcoin said:
If your looking through any groups of those you want to pick out any that are not EM's as they are much scarcer.

Agreed. There are some tough coins in this set from different mints.
As BillDugan stated the EM stands for the Ekaterinburg mint, the most common showing the mintmark EM
These were made from1762-1876
Another mint, the mint at Annensk using the mintmark AM were made from 1789-1799
Here are 2 1789's one EM and one AM as examples.
This is the only pic I have on hand of another mint as a comp

sellitstore · November 10, 2019 5:05PM

Some very nice examples pictured here.

These coins were crudely made and heavily used. Most look like the first example, the 1772.

Can anyone identify this?

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