5 kopecks — Russian Empire (1723–1724)

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Special facts

Russia’s first copper five-kopek pieces, of 1723–1724, weighing 20.48 grams, known as “krestoviki”. On the coins of 1723 the date sits either above or below the value.

About the period

The coins of Peter I belong to the time of the monetary reform that took Russia from small silver "scale" coins to round coins of the modern kind and to decimal reckoning: one rouble equals one hundred kopecks. More about the period “Peter I”, 1700 — 1725

Coins and banknotes of these years: 1723, 1724

Other items of the period

• 1 kopeck (1713–1718) KM# 143
  НДЗ
• 1 kopeck (1713–1714) KM# 144
• 1 kopeck (1718) KM# 153
• 1 kopeck (1724) KM# 163
• Altyn (1704) KM# 119
• Altyn (1711–1712) KM# 136
• Altyn (1713–1714) KM# 145
  Al / tyn in two lines
• Altyn (1713) KM# 145
  Altyn in one line
• Altyn (1718) KM# 154
  Saint George without cloak
• Altyn (1718) KM# 154
  Saint George with cloak
• 10 Dengi (1701–1704) KM# 103
• 5 kopecks (1713–1714) KM# 146
• 5 kopecks (1723–1724) KM# 164
• 5 kopecks (1724–1725) KM# 165
  МД
• Grivennik (1701–1702) KM# 104
• Grivennik (1704–1710) KM# 120
  М или МД
• Grivennik (1704–1709) KM# 121
  БК
• Grivennik (1713) KM# 147
• Grivennik (1718–1720) KM# 155
• Polupoltinnik (1701–1702) KM# 105
• Polupoltinnik (1702) Bit# 706
• Polupoltinnik (1703–1705) KM# 112
• Polupoltinnik (1704) KM# 112
  МД
• Polupoltinnik (1707–1710) KM# 128
• Polupoltinnik (1713) KM# 148