10 kopecks — RSFSR (1921–1923)
Y# 80
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Special facts
Ten-kopek pieces of 1921 are scarce: fewer than a million were struck, against 18.6 and 33.4 million in 1922 and 1923. Soviet ten-kopek coins kept the diameter of 17.27 mm until 1991.
Appearance
A silver coin 17.27 mm in diameter and weighing 1.8 g (.500 fineness). The obverse bears the RSFSR arms within a circle. The reverse shows the value and date within a beaded circle, the wreath split at top by a five-pointed star. Reeded edge.
About the period
The RSFSR silver coins of 1921–1923 are the first Soviet coins. They were struck to the pre-war standard of weight and fineness but released into circulation only in 1924. More about the period “RSFSR 1921-1923 silver coinage”
Coins and banknotes of these years: 1921, 1922, 1923
Specifications
- Currency
- 1 ruble = 100 kopecks
- Issue type
- Circulation
- Metal
- Silver
- Fineness
- 500
- Precious metal weight
- 0.900 g
- Diameter
- 17.27 mm
- Thickness
- 1.0 mm
- Weight
- 1.8 g
- Shape
- Round
- Orientation
- Medal (↑↑)
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