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Coins of 1762 — Russian Empire

Flag: White-blue-red merchant flag (1705–1858) Coat of arms: Double-headed eagle (1700–1856)

What happened in 1762

• The Manifesto on the Freedom of the Nobility released nobles from compulsory service.
• Peter III made peace with Prussia and returned all the conquered territory.
• In June the Guards put Catherine II on the throne; Peter III abdicated and soon died at Ropsha.
• Under Peter III an unusual copper coin appeared: the four kopecks.

Circulation coins 15

	Denga — Russian Empire (1762) C# 40	+
	1 kopeck — Russian Empire (1762) C# 41 Bit#36; Reeded edge Bit#37; Reticulated edge	+
	2 kopecks — Russian Empire (1762) C# 42 Reverse legend "КОПЕNКN" Reverse legend "КОПЕИКИ"	+
	2 kopecks — Russian Empire (1757–1762) C# 7 Ekaterinburg Mint, Bit#476; Posthumous strike · mintage 4,930,000	+
	4 kopecks — Russian Empire (1762) C# 43 Lettered edge Reticulated edge	+
	5 kopecks — Russian Empire (1758–1762) C# 9 Ekaterinburg Mint · mintage 6,812,710	+
	10 kopecks — Russian Empire (1762) C# 44 Overdate varieties exist	+
	Poltina — Russian Empire (1762–1763) C# 66 Krasny Mint, ДМ · mintage 14,000 Krasny Mint, ЕI Krasny Mint, ЕI Saint Petersburg Mint, НК · mintage 148,000	+
	Poltina — Russian Empire (1762) C# 46 Krasny Mint, ДМ Saint Petersburg Mint, НК	+
	1 ruble — Russian Empire (1762–1763) C# 67 Krasny Mint, ДМ · mintage 406,000 Saint Petersburg Mint, НК · mintage 1,459,010	+
	1 ruble — Russian Empire (1762) C# 47 Krasny Mint, ДМ, Lettered edge Saint Petersburg Mint, НК, Diagonal reeding edge Saint Petersburg Mint, НК, Lettered edge	+
	5 rubles — Russian Empire (1762–1763) C# 78 Saint Petersburg Mint · mintage 20,913	+
	5 rubles — Russian Empire (1762) Saint Petersburg Mint · mintage 9,482	+
	10 rubles — Russian Empire (1762–1763) C# 79 Krasny Mint Saint Petersburg Mint · mintage 32,085	+
	10 rubles — Russian Empire (1762) C# 50 Saint Petersburg Mint · mintage 25,876	+