1 kopeck — USSR (1958)

The coins of 1958

Catalogs list the 1958 coins as trial strikes, but they were not struck as experimental pieces — they were made in huge quantities, from 4 million for the 3 rubles to 175 million for the 20 kopecks. The batch was produced by the Leningrad Mint from March 1958 until early 1959. The coins were never officially released into circulation: in the early 1960s they were written off and melted down, which is why they are rare today, although a small part of the small denominations did reach circulation. The 1 kopeck is known in three die varieties (one with seven awns reaching the lower-left ray of the star, another with six awns and a different coordinate grid), and the 10 kopecks in a variety without the rightmost ray of the sun.

Other items of the period

• ½ kopecks (1925–1928) Y# 75
  7 Ribbons
• 1 kopeck (1924–1925) Y# 76
  7 Ribbons
• 1 kopeck (1926–1935) Y# 91
  7 Ribbons
• 1 kopeck (1935–1936) Y# 98
  7 Ribbons
• 1 kopeck (1937–1946) Y# 105
  11 Ribbons
• 1 kopeck (1948–1957) Y# 112
  16 Ribbons
• 1 kopeck (1957) Y# 119
  15 Ribbons
• 1 kopeck (1958) Y# 126
• 2 kopecks (1924–1925) Y# 77
  7 Ribbons
• 2 kopecks (1926–1935) Y# 92
  7 Ribbons
• 2 kopecks (1935–1936) Y# 99
  7 Ribbons
• 2 kopecks (1937–1948) Y# 106
  11 Ribbons
• 2 kopecks (1948–1956) Y# 113
  16 Ribbons
• 2 kopecks (1957) Y# 120
  15 Ribbons
• 2 kopecks (1958) Y# 127
• 3 kopecks (1924) Y# 78
  7 Ribbons
• 3 kopecks (1926–1935) Y# 93
  7 Ribbons
• 3 kopecks (1935–1936) Y# 100
  7 Ribbons
• 3 kopecks (1937–1946) Y# 107
  11 Ribbons
• 3 kopecks (1948–1957) Y# 114
  16 Ribbons
• 3 kopecks (1957) Y# 121
  15 Ribbons
• 3 kopecks (1958) Y# 128
• 5 kopecks (1924) Y# 79
  7 Ribbons
• 5 kopecks (1926–1935) Y# 94
  7 Ribbons
• 5 kopecks (1935–1936) Y# 101
  7 Ribbons