5 kopecks — Russian Empire (1755–1756)

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Special facts

A silver five-kopek piece of 1755–1756 weighing 1.21 grams, 16 millimetres across, from the Saint Petersburg Mint.

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: 1755, 1756

Other items of the period

• ¼ kopecks (1743–1754)
• Polushka (1757–1759) C# 4
• ½ kopecks (1743–1754)
• Denga (1757–1760) C# 5
• 1 kopeck (1755–1757) C# 3
• 1 kopeck (1757–1761) C# 6
• 2 kopecks (1757–1762) C# 7
• 2 kopecks (1757–1761) C# 8
• 5 kopecks (1755–1756) C# 15
• 5 kopecks (1756–1761) C# 15
• 5 kopecks (1758–1762) C# 9
• Grivennik (1742–1746) C# 16
• Grivennik (1746–1757) C# 16
• Polupoltinnik (1743–1751) C# 17
• Polupoltinnik (1751–1754) C# 17
• Polupoltinnik (1755–1758) C# 17
• Poltina (1742–1761) C# 18
• 1 ruble (1741) C# 19
• 1 ruble (1741–1753) C# 19b.1, C# 19b.2…
• 1 ruble (1742–1754) C# 19
• 1 ruble (1754–1761) C# 19c.1, C# 19c.2…
• 1 ruble (1756–1758) C# 22
• 2 rubles (1756–1758) C# 23
• 5 rubles (1755–1759) C# 27
• 10 rubles (1755–1759) C# 28