2 kopecks — Russian Empire (1757–1762)
C# 7
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Special facts
A two-kopek piece of 1757–1762 with the value below Saint George, struck at the Krasny, Saint Petersburg, Yekaterinburg and Sestroretsk mints. In 1757–1758 the Sestroretsk Mint made such coins by overstriking cut-down Swedish coins.
About the period
The coins of Elizabeth Petrovna belong to the time of the first imperials: in 1755 the gold 10 roubles, called imperials, and the 5 roubles, the half-imperials, appeared. Copper was changed several times over the twenty years of the reign too. More about the period “Elizabeth”, 1741 — 1762
Coins and banknotes of these years: 1757, 1758, 1759, 1760, 1761, 1762
Specifications
- Period
- Elizabeth
- Currency
- 1 ruble = 100 kopecks
- Issue type
- Circulation
- Metal
- Copper
- Diameter
- 31.0 mm
- Thickness
- 3.3 mm
- Weight
- 20.48 g
- Shape
- Round
- Orientation
- Medal (↑↑)
Variants
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| Year | Mint | Mintage | Price | Details | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1757 | — | — | Estimate | Bit#467. C# 7.1 | + ☆ |
| 1757 | — | 6,080,810 | Estimate | Mark СМБ; Bit#544. C# 7.2 | + ☆ |
| 1757 | EKB | — | Estimate | Bit#468. C# 7.2 | + ☆ |
| 1757 | KRM | 17,712,000 | Estimate | Bit#391. C# 7.2 | + ☆ |
| 1757 | SPB | 11,176,012 | Estimate | Bit#538. C# 7.2 | + ☆ |
| 1758 | — | 17,604,254 | Estimate | Bit#469; Mintage shared with another row. C# 7.1 | + ☆ |
| 1758 | — | 6,426,090 | Estimate | Mark СМБ; Bit#545. C# 7.2 | + ☆ |
| 1758 | EKB | 17,604,254 | Estimate | Bit#470. C# 7.2 | + ☆ |
| 1758 | KRM | 111,846,000 | Estimate | Bit#392. C# 7.2 | + ☆ |
| 1758 | SPB | 20,620,300 | Estimate | Bit#541. C# 7.2 | + ☆ |
| 1759 | — | — | Estimate | Bit#471. C# 7.1 | + ☆ |
| 1759 | EKB | — | Estimate | Bit#472. C# 7.2 | + ☆ |
| 1759 | KRM | 14,229,000 | Estimate | Bit#393. C# 7.2 | + ☆ |
| 1759 | SPB | 2,067,000 | Estimate | Bit#542. C# 7.2 | + ☆ |
| 1760 | — | 3,357,000 | Estimate | Bit#473. C# 7.1 | + ☆ |
| 1760 | EKB | — | Estimate | Bit#474. C# 7.2 | + ☆ |
| 1760 | KRM | 3,357,000 | Estimate | Bit#394. C# 7.2 | + ☆ |
| 1761 | EKB | — | Estimate | Bit#475. C# 7.2 | + ☆ |
| 1761 | KRM | 15,886,000 | Estimate | Bit#395. C# 7.2 | + ☆ |
| 1762 | EKB | 4,930,000 | Estimate | Bit#476; Posthumous strike. C# 7.2 | + ☆ |
- 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.
- EKB
- Ekaterinburg Mint
- KRM
- Krasny Mint
Other items of the period
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¼ kopecks (1743–1754)
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Polushka (1757–1759)
C# 4
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½ kopecks (1743–1754)
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Denga (1757–1760)
C# 5
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1 kopeck (1755–1757)
C# 3
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1 kopeck (1757–1761)
C# 6
- 2 kopecks (1757–1762) C# 7
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2 kopecks (1757–1761)
C# 8
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5 kopecks (1755–1756)
C# 15
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5 kopecks (1756–1761)
C# 15
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5 kopecks (1758–1762)
C# 9
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Grivennik (1742–1746)
C# 16
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Grivennik (1746–1757)
C# 16
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Polupoltinnik (1743–1751)
C# 17
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Polupoltinnik (1751–1754)
C# 17
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Polupoltinnik (1755–1758)
C# 17
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Poltina (1742–1761)
C# 18
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1 ruble (1741)
C# 19
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1 ruble (1741–1753)
C# 19b.1, C# 19b.2…
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1 ruble (1742–1754)
C# 19
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1 ruble (1754–1761)
C# 19c.1, C# 19c.2…
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1 ruble (1756–1758)
C# 22
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2 rubles (1756–1758)
C# 23
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5 rubles (1755–1759)
C# 27
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10 rubles (1755–1759)
C# 28
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