20 kopecks — USSR (1931–1934)

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Special facts

The copper-nickel 20-kopek piece of 1931–1934; 175.4 million were struck in 1932, more than any other 20 kopeks of those years.

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 these years: 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934

Other items of the period

• 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
• 20 kopecks (1957) Y# 125
  15 Ribbons
• 20 kopecks (1958) Y# A132
• Poltinnik (1924–1927) Y# 89
• 50 kopecks (1958) Y# 133
• 1 ruble (1924) Y# 90
• 1 ruble (1958) Y# 134
• 2 rubles (1958) Y# A134
• 3 rubles (1958) Y# B134
• 5 rubles (1958) Y# C134