96 Kopecks - Elizabeth Krasny

Features

Issuer	Livonia and Estonia (Russia)
Queen	Elizabeth (1741-1762)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Year	1757
Value	96 Kopecks = 1 Livonese
Currency	Livonese (1756-1917)
Composition	Silver (.750)
Weight	26.38 g
Diameter	40 mm
Shape	Round
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 60048
References	KM# 5 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). , Fed# 1076 Dmitry Yakovlevich Fedorov; 1966. Монеты Прибалтики XIII-XVIII столетий: Определитель монет = Coins of Baltics of 13th-18th centuries. Valgus, Tallinn, Estonia. , Haljak II# 1753 Self-published (publisher). Livonian Coins. Self-published, Tallinn, Estonia (2 volumes). , Bit# 627 Vladimir Bitkin; 2003. Сводный Каталог Монет России. Yunona-Moneta, Kyiv, Ukraine (2 volumes). , Uzd# 4226 Vasilij V. Uzdenikov; 1992. Монеты России 1700-1917 = Russian Coins 1700-1917. Mezhnumizmatika, Moscow, Russian Federation.

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Obverse

Bust facing right and surrounded by legend.

Script: Latin

Lettering: ELISABETHA · I · D · G · IMP · TOT · ROSS ·

Translation:
Elisabetha I Dei Gratia Imperatrix Totum Russorum
Elizaveta I, with God's grace, Empress of all Russia

Reverse

Double-headed Russian eagles carrying Livonian and Estonian shields, all surrounded by legend.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
MONETA · LIVOESTHONICA · 1757
96

Translation:
Moneta Livoestonika
Coin of Livoestonika

Edge

Cinquefoil and globe.

Mint

Krasny Mint (Red Mint), Moscow, Russian Federation

Comments

After the capitulation of the Swedish dominions of Livonia and Estonia to the Russians, while the two areas were supposed to adopt Russia's currency, both areas continued to use their Thaler-based ones, relying mainly on foreign coins to supply themselves. In response, Russia introduced the Livonese, which was basically the Russian version of the Thaler, with 1 Livonese equal to 96 Kopecks. Even so, the coins were tedious to ship, and it was later realized that 1 Livonese should have actually been equal to 109 Kopecks, so the minting of these pieces did not last long. For the most part, Livoestonika continued to use foreign coins until 1846, when Russia banned the use of foreign coins.

Novodels (official restrikes) exist, which all used the 1757 reverse die. Some restrikes use different obverse dies and edge styles, which are the ones easy to tell apart; however, those that use the same obverse die and same edge style are a little more difficult to differentiate. On the official coins, the tip of the bust's crown should point between 'D G' of the legend. On the restrikes, the tip points to the back-end of the 'D'.

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Date			Mintage		VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
1757			27 000

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Actual silver weight: 0.636 oz

Current silver price: 72.89 USD/oz (see silver price

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	Heritage Auctions 2026 January 12 NYINC World & Ancient Coins Platinum Session and Signature® Auction - New York 3129 Lot 34299	12 Jan 2026	AU (NGC AU55)	USD 61 000.00 (incl. buyer's premium)
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