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50 kopecks: coins and banknotes

1701–2026 · Russian Empire, RSFSR, USSR, Russian Federation · 50 types

Other names: poltina, poltinnik.

In the catalogue: circulation coins — 45, commemorative coins — 1, circulation banknotes — 4.

The heaviest coin is 14.62 g: silver, 1797. The lightest is 0.65 g: gold, 1777–1778.

How the coin changed

Coins are shown to one scale, the bar marks the years of issue.

  1. 1701–1710 · silver · 14 g · 34 mm

  2. 1712 · silver · 14 g · 35 mm

  3. 1718–1725 · silver · 14.22 g · 33 mm

  4. 1725 · silver · 14.22 g · 43.5 mm

  5. 1726–1729 · silver · 14.22 g · 33 mm

  6. 1731–1761 · silver · 12.93 g · 33.5 mm

  7. 1762–1776 · silver · 12 g · 34 mm

  8. 1777–1778 · gold · 0.65 g · 12.5 mm

  9. 1777–1796 · silver · 12 g · 34 mm

  10. 1797 · silver · 14.62 g · 31 mm

  11. 1798–1805 · silver · 10.37 g · 29 mm

  12. 1809–1810 · silver · 10.37 g · 30.1 mm

  13. 1810–1858 · silver · 10.37 g · 28.5 mm

  14. 1842–1854 · silver · 10.36 g · 28.8 mm

  15. 1859–1885 · silver · 10.37 g · 28.5 mm

  16. 1886–1914 · silver · 10 g · 26.75 mm

  17. 1921–1922 · silver · 10 g · 26.67 mm

  18. 1924–1927 · silver · 10 g · 26.67 mm

  19. 1958 · copper-nickel · 4.4 g · 24 mm

  20. 1961–1991 · brass · 4.4 g · 24 mm

  21. 1991 · copper-nickel · 2.2 g · 18 mm

  22. 1997–2006 · brass · 2.9 g · 19.5 mm

  23. 2006–2026 · steel · 2.75 g · 19.5 mm

Coins

Russian Empire · Peter I

Poltina — Russian Empire (1701–1705)
KM# 106
1701–1705 · Silver · Russian Empire
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Poltina — Russian Empire (1705–1706)
KM# 124
1705–1706 · Silver · Russian Empire
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Poltina — Russian Empire (1707–1710)
KM# A129
1707–1710 · Silver · Russian Empire
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Poltina — Russian Empire (1712)
KM# 137
1712 · Silver · Russian Empire
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Poltina — Russian Empire (1718–1722)
KM# 156
1718–1722 · Silver · Russian Empire
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Poltina — Russian Empire (1723–1725)
KM# 159
1723–1725 · Silver · Russian Empire
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Poltina — Russian Empire (1725)
KM# 161
1725 · Silver · Russian Empire
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Russian Empire · Catherine I

Poltina — Russian Empire (1726)
KM# 173
1726 · Silver · Russian Empire
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Poltina — Russian Empire (1726)
KM# 174
1726 · Silver · Russian Empire
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Poltina — Russian Empire (1726)
KM# 175
1726 · Silver · Russian Empire
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Poltina — Russian Empire (1726–1727)
KM# 176
1726–1727 · Silver · Russian Empire
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Russian Empire · Peter II

Poltina — Russian Empire (1727)
KM# 181
1727 · Silver · Russian Empire
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Poltina — Russian Empire (1727–1729)
KM# 180
1727–1729 · Silver · Russian Empire
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Russian Empire · Anna I

Poltina — Russian Empire (1731–1733)
KM# 195
1731–1733 · Silver · Russian Empire
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Poltina — Russian Empire (1734–1737)
KM# 196
1734–1737 · Silver · Russian Empire
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Poltina — Russian Empire (1737–1740)
KM# 199
1737–1740 · Silver · Russian Empire
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Russian Empire · Ivan VI

Poltina — Russian Empire (1741)
KM# 206
1741 · Silver · Russian Empire
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Russian Empire · Elizabeth

Poltina — Russian Empire (1742–1761)
C# 18
1742–1761 · Silver · Russian Empire
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Russian Empire · Catherine II

Poltina — Russian Empire (1762–1763)
C# 66
1762–1763 · Silver · Russian Empire
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Poltina — Russian Empire (1764–1765)
C# 66
1764–1765 · Silver · Russian Empire
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Poltina — Russian Empire (1766–1776)
C# 66
1766–1776 · Silver · Russian Empire
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Poltina — Russian Empire (1777–1779)
C# 66
1777–1779 · Silver · Russian Empire
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Poltina — Russian Empire (1777–1778)
C# 75
1777–1778 · Gold · Russian Empire
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Poltina — Russian Empire (1785–1796)
C# 66
1785–1796 · Silver · Russian Empire
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Russian Empire · Peter III

Poltina — Russian Empire (1762)
C# 46
1762 · Silver · Russian Empire
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Russian Empire · Paul I

Poltina — Russian Empire (1797)
C# 99
1797 · Silver · Russian Empire
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Poltina — Russian Empire (1798)
C# 99
1798 · Silver · Russian Empire
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Poltina — Russian Empire (1798–1801)
C# 99
1798–1801 · Silver · Russian Empire
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Russian Empire · Alexander I

Poltina — Russian Empire (1802–1805)
C# 123
1802–1805 · Silver · Russian Empire
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Poltina — Russian Empire (1809–1810)
C# 123
1809–1810 · Silver · Russian Empire
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Russian Empire · Nicholas I

Poltina — Russian Empire (1810–1826)
C# 129
1810–1826 · Silver · Russian Empire
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Poltina — Russian Empire (1826–1831)
C# 160
1826–1831 · Silver · Russian Empire
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Poltina — Russian Empire (1842–1854)
C# 167
1842–1854 · Silver · Russian Empire
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Russian Empire · Alexander II

Poltina — Russian Empire (1832–1858)
C# 167
1832–1858 · Silver · Russian Empire
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Russian Empire · Alexander III

Poltina — Russian Empire (1859–1885)
Y# 24
1859–1885 · Silver · Russian Empire
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50 kopecks — Russian Empire (1886–1894)
Y# 45
1886–1894 · Silver · Russian Empire
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Russian Empire · Nicholas II

50 kopecks — Russian Empire (1895–1914)
Y# 58
1895–1914 · Silver · Russian Empire
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RSFSR · RSFSR 1921-1923 silver coinage

50 kopecks — RSFSR (1921–1922)
Y# 83
1921–1922 · Silver · RSFSR
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USSR · Early USSR

Poltinnik — USSR (1924–1927)
Y# 89
1924–1927 · Silver · USSR
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50 kopecks — USSR (1958)
Y# 133
1958 · Copper-nickel · USSR
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USSR · 1961 Monetary Reform

50 kopecks — USSR (1961)
Y# 133a.1
1961 · Brass · USSR
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50 kopecks — USSR (1964–1991)
Y# 133a.2
1964–1991 · Brass · USSR
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50 kopecks — USSR (1967) — October Revolution
Y# 139
1967 · Brass · USSR
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USSR · Gosbank transitional issue

50 kopecks — USSR (1991)
Y# 292
1991 · Copper-nickel · USSR
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Russian Federation · Modern Russia

50 kopecks — Russian Federation (1997–2006)
Y# 603
1997–2006 · Brass · Russian Federation
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50 kopecks — Russian Federation (2006–2026)
Y# 603
2006–2026 · Steel · Russian Federation
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Banknotes

Russian Empire · Treasury change notes

50 kopecks — Russian Empire (1915) — Treasury small change note
Pick# 31
1915 · Russian Empire
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RSFSR · ABNC credit notes

50 kopecks — RSFSR (1918)
1918 · RSFSR
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RSFSR · State currency notes

50 kopecks — RSFSR (1923)
Pick# 155
1923 · RSFSR
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USSR · Treasury change notes

50 kopecks — USSR (1924)
Pick# 196
1924 · USSR
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