This coin might only grade F-12 at best, but I'm glad that I found one that I could afford. There were only about 36,000 of these coins minted in 1902 and they are exceedingly rare, as are most of the 50 kopek coins minted between 1901 and 1910.

V.V. Kazakov ranks this year as 13th on the relative scarcity list (which includes the error varieties, plain edge varieties, etc.)