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Poltina — Russian Empire (1725)
1 poltina = 50 kopecks

KM# 161

Obverse
Obverse
Reverse
Reverse

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Special facts

The Petersburg poltina of 1725 with the letters “SPB”, one of the first coins of the Saint Petersburg Mint, opened a year earlier.

About the period

The coins of Peter I belong to the time of the monetary reform that took Russia from small silver "scale" coins to round coins of the modern kind and to decimal reckoning: one rouble equals one hundred kopecks. More about the period “Peter I”, 1700 — 1725

Coins and banknotes of this year: 1725

Specifications

Period
Peter I
Currency
1 ruble = 100 kopecks
Issue type
Circulation
Distinguishing feature
СПБ
Mint mark
Saint Petersburg Mint
Metal
Silver
Fineness
728
Precious metal weight
10.352 g
Diameter
43.5 mm
Weight
14.22 g
Shape
Round
Orientation
Medal (↑↑)

Value by metal weight

≈ $18.5

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Year Mint Mintage Price Details
1725 SPB — Estimate + ☆
SPB
Saint Petersburg Mint. The mint in Saint Petersburg, founded in 1724 in the Peter and Paul Fortress. It was called the Petrograd Mint in 1914–1924 and the Leningrad Mint in 1924–1991.

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