½ kopecks — Russian Empire (1894–1916)
Y# 48
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Special facts
The half-kopek of 1894–1916 weighing 1.64 grams; the largest issues were 75 million at Birmingham in 1897 and 76 million at the Rosenkranz works in 1899.
About the period
The coins of Nicholas II are gold-standard coins: the Witte reform of 1897 tied the rouble to gold, and gold coins circulated freely alongside credit notes until the First World War. More about the period “Nicholas II”, 1894 — 1917
Specifications
- Period
- Nicholas II
- Currency
- 1 ruble = 100 kopecks
- Issue type
- Circulation
- Metal
- Copper
- Diameter
- 16.24 mm
- Thickness
- 1.0 mm
- Weight
- 1.64 g
- Shape
- Round
- Edge
- Reeded
- Orientation
- Medal (↑↑)
Variants
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| Year | Mint | Mintage | Price | Details | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1894 | SPB | — | Estimate | Y# 48.1 | + ☆ |
| 1895 | SPB | 2,992,000 | Estimate | Y# 48.1 | + ☆ |
| 1896 | Birmingham Mint | 23,800,000 | Estimate | Y# 48.1 | + ☆ |
| 1897 | Birmingham Mint | 75,000,000 | Estimate | Y# 48.1 | + ☆ |
| 1898 | Birmingham Mint | 47,200,000 | Estimate | Y# 48.1 | + ☆ |
| 1899 | Rosenkranz Works, Saint Petersburg | 76,000,000 | Estimate | Y# 48.1 | + ☆ |
| 1900 | Rosenkranz Works, Saint Petersburg | 36,000,000 | Estimate | Y# 48.1 | + ☆ |
| 1908 | SPB | 8,000,000 | Estimate | Y# 48.1 | + ☆ |
| 1909 | SPB | 49,500,000 | Estimate | Y# 48.1 | + ☆ |
| 1910 | SPB | 24,000,000 | Estimate | Y# 48.1 | + ☆ |
| 1911 | SPB | 35,800,000 | Estimate | Y# 48.1 | + ☆ |
| 1912 | SPB | 28,000,000 | Estimate | Y# 48.1 | + ☆ |
| 1913 | SPB | 50,000,000 | Estimate | Y# 48.1 | + ☆ |
| 1914 | SPB | 14,000,000 | Estimate | Y# 48.1 | + ☆ |
| 1915 | SPB | 12,000,000 | Estimate | Y# 48.2 | + ☆ |
| 1916 | SPB | 9,400,000 | Estimate | Y# 48.2 | + ☆ |
- SPB
- Saint Petersburg Mint. The mint in Saint Petersburg, founded in 1724 in the Peter and Paul Fortress. It was called the Petrograd Mint in 1914–1924 and the Leningrad Mint in 1924–1991.
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2 kopecks (1867–1917)
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50 kopecks (1895–1914)
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5 rubles (1897–1911)
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10 rubles (1898–1911)
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