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.
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1701–1710 · silver · 14 g · 34 mm
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1712 · silver · 14 g · 35 mm
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1718–1725 · silver · 14.22 g · 33 mm
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1725 · silver · 14.22 g · 43.5 mm
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1726–1729 · silver · 14.22 g · 33 mm
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1731–1761 · silver · 12.93 g · 33.5 mm
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1762–1776 · silver · 12 g · 34 mm
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1777–1778 · gold · 0.65 g · 12.5 mm
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1777–1796 · silver · 12 g · 34 mm
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1797 · silver · 14.62 g · 31 mm
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1798–1805 · silver · 10.37 g · 29 mm
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1809–1810 · silver · 10.37 g · 30.1 mm
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1810–1858 · silver · 10.37 g · 28.5 mm
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1842–1854 · silver · 10.36 g · 28.8 mm
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1859–1885 · silver · 10.37 g · 28.5 mm
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1886–1914 · silver · 10 g · 26.75 mm
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1921–1922 · silver · 10 g · 26.67 mm
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1924–1927 · silver · 10 g · 26.67 mm
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1958 · copper-nickel · 4.4 g · 24 mm
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1961–1991 · brass · 4.4 g · 24 mm
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1991 · copper-nickel · 2.2 g · 18 mm
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1997–2006 · brass · 2.9 g · 19.5 mm
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2006–2026 · steel · 2.75 g · 19.5 mm
Coins
Russian Empire · Peter I
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Poltina — Russian Empire (1741)
KM# 206 1741 · Silver · Russian Empire |
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Russian Empire · Elizabeth
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Poltina — Russian Empire (1742–1761)
C# 18 1742–1761 · Silver · Russian Empire |
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Russian Empire · Catherine II
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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
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Poltina — Russian Empire (1762)
C# 46 1762 · Silver · Russian Empire |
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Russian Empire · Paul I
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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
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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
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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
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Poltina — Russian Empire (1832–1858)
C# 167 1832–1858 · Silver · Russian Empire |
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Russian Empire · Alexander III
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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
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50 kopecks — Russian Empire (1895–1914)
Y# 58 1895–1914 · Silver · Russian Empire |
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RSFSR · RSFSR 1921-1923 silver coinage
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50 kopecks — RSFSR (1921–1922)
Y# 83 1921–1922 · Silver · RSFSR |
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USSR · Early USSR
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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
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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
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50 kopecks — USSR (1991)
Y# 292 1991 · Copper-nickel · USSR |
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Russian Federation · Modern Russia
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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
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50 kopecks — Russian Empire (1915) — Treasury small change note
Pick# 31 1915 · Russian Empire |
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RSFSR · ABNC credit notes
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50 kopecks — RSFSR (1918)
1918 · RSFSR |
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RSFSR · State currency notes
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50 kopecks — RSFSR (1923)
Pick# 155 1923 · RSFSR |
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USSR · Treasury change notes
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50 kopecks — USSR (1924)
Pick# 196 1924 · USSR |
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