2 kopecks — Russian Empire (1917) — Stamp money
Pick# 33
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Special facts
The 2-kopek stamp money of 1917 with the figure 2 overprinted on the portrait of Alexander II; it comes with or without the arms on the back.
About the period
Stamp money was wartime small change printed from the clichés of the postage stamps issued for the tercentenary of the Romanov dynasty. It has no gum, and the back states that the stamp circulates on par with copper or small silver coin. More about the period “Stamp money”, 1915 — 1917
Coins and banknotes of this year: 1917
Specifications
- Period
- Stamp money
- Ruler
- Nicholas II
- Face value
- 2 kopecks: all issues
- Currency
- 1 ruble = 100 kopecks
- Issue type
- Circulation
- Material
- Paper
- Size
- 24 × 30 mm
- Issuer
- Expedition for the Preparation of State Papers
- Dominant color
- Green
- Watermark
- No
- Security thread
- No
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