5 kopecks — USSR (1924)

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Special facts

The copper five-kopek piece of 1924 weighing 16.38 grams, the largest copper coin of the USSR; it too was struck for one year only, 88.5 million pieces.

About the period

The coins of the USSR of 1924–1958 run from the first coins with the arms of the USSR to the last coins before the reform of 1961. Over these years the metals changed, and the arms on the coins were redesigned to follow the number of union republics. More about the period “Early USSR”, 1924 — 1958

Coins and banknotes of this year: 1924

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• 3 kopecks (1935–1936) Y# 100
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• 3 kopecks (1937–1946) Y# 107
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• 3 kopecks (1948–1957) Y# 114
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• 3 kopecks (1957) Y# 121
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• 3 kopecks (1958) Y# 128
• 5 kopecks (1924) Y# 79
  7 Ribbons
• 5 kopecks (1926–1935) Y# 94
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• 5 kopecks (1935–1936) Y# 101
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• 5 kopecks (1937–1946) Y# 108
  11 Ribbons
• 5 kopecks (1948–1956) Y# 115
  16 Ribbons
• 5 kopecks (1957) Y# 122
  15 Ribbons
• 5 kopecks (1958) Y# 129
• 10 kopecks (1924–1931) Y# 86
  7 Ribbons
• 10 kopecks (1931–1934) Y# 95
  7 Ribbons
• 10 kopecks (1935–1936) Y# 102
  7 Ribbons
• 10 kopecks (1937–1946) Y# 109
  11 Ribbons
• 10 kopecks (1948–1956) Y# 116
  16 Ribbons
• 10 kopecks (1957) Y# 123
  15 Ribbons