10 kopecks — USSR (1958)

The coins of 1958

Catalogs list the 1958 coins as trial strikes, but they were not struck as experimental pieces — they were made in huge quantities, from 4 million for the 3 rubles to 175 million for the 20 kopecks. The batch was produced by the Leningrad Mint from March 1958 until early 1959. The coins were never officially released into circulation: in the early 1960s they were written off and melted down, which is why they are rare today, although a small part of the small denominations did reach circulation. The 1 kopeck is known in three die varieties (one with seven awns reaching the lower-left ray of the star, another with six awns and a different coordinate grid), and the 10 kopecks in a variety without the rightmost ray of the sun.

Other coins of the period

• 5 kopecks (1926–1935) Y# 94
  7 Ribbons
• 5 kopecks (1935–1936) Y# 101
  7 Ribbons
• 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
• 10 kopecks (1958) Y# A130
• 15 kopecks (1924–1931) Y# 87
  7 Ribbons
• 15 kopecks (1931–1934) Y# 96
  7 Ribbons
• 15 kopecks (1935–1936) Y# 103
  7 Ribbons
• 15 kopecks (1937–1946) Y# 110
  11 Ribbons
• 15 kopecks (1948–1956) Y# 117
  16 Ribbons
• 15 kopecks (1957) Y# 124
  15 Ribbons
• 15 kopecks (1958) Y# A131
• 20 kopecks (1924–1931) Y# 88
  7 Ribbons
• 20 kopecks (1931–1934) Y# 97
  7 Ribbons
• 20 kopecks (1935–1936) Y# 104
  7 Ribbons
• 20 kopecks (1937–1946) Y# 111
  11 Ribbons
• 20 kopecks (1948–1956) Y# 118
  16 Ribbons