The Copper Coins of Paul I
Reference Tables

. c c+ S- S S+ R-  R R+ VR- VR VR+ Not  Minted Common Less Common Almost Scarce Scarce More Scarce Almost Rare Rare More Rare Almost V.Rare Very Rare Super Rare

Notes:
Different authors differ in their opinion of the rarity of a coin, and rightly so. It all depends on what one means by 'rare'. A collector and a curator at an important museum collection may have widely differing opinions. The tables on this page have been compiled by considering a number of important sources and they attempt to provide an overall picture. These sources are:
1.    V V Uzdenikov Russian Coins 1700-1917 Moscow 1992
2.    B.F.Brekke The Copper Coinage of Imperial Russia Sweden 1977
3.    V.V. Bitkin Comprehensive Catalog of Imperial Russian Coinage Kiev 2000
4.    A Ilyin & I Tolstoy Russian Coins 1725-1801 St.Petersburg 1910
5.    V.I. Petrov Catalogue des Monnaies Russes Moscow 1899