Polupoltinnik — Russian Empire (1755–1758)
1 polupoltinnik = 25 kopecks

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Special facts

A polupoltinnik of 1755–1758, the last type under Elizabeth: with the letters MB in 1755–1757 and EI in 1758, when only 44,000 coins were issued.

About the period

The coins of Elizabeth Petrovna belong to the time of the first imperials: in 1755 the gold 10 roubles, called imperials, and the 5 roubles, the half-imperials, appeared. Copper was changed several times over the twenty years of the reign too. More about the period “Elizabeth”, 1741 — 1762

Coins and banknotes of these years: 1755, 1756, 1757, 1758

Other items of the period

• Denga (1757–1760) C# 5
• 1 kopeck (1755–1757) C# 3
• 1 kopeck (1757–1761) C# 6
• 2 kopecks (1757–1762) C# 7
• 2 kopecks (1757–1761) C# 8
• 5 kopecks (1755–1756) C# 15
• 5 kopecks (1756–1761) C# 15
• 5 kopecks (1758–1762) C# 9
• Grivennik (1742–1746) C# 16
• Grivennik (1746–1757) C# 16
• Polupoltinnik (1743–1751) C# 17
• Polupoltinnik (1751–1754) C# 17
• Polupoltinnik (1755–1758) C# 17
• Poltina (1742–1761) C# 18
• 1 ruble (1741) C# 19
• 1 ruble (1741–1753) C# 19b.1, C# 19b.2…
• 1 ruble (1742–1754) C# 19
• 1 ruble (1754–1761) C# 19c.1, C# 19c.2…
• 1 ruble (1756–1758) C# 22
• 2 rubles (1756–1758) C# 23
• 5 rubles (1755–1759) C# 27
• 10 rubles (1755–1759) C# 28
• 1 chervonets (1742–1748) C# 30
• 1 chervonets (1757) C# 30
• 2 chervonetses (1751) C# 33