The Karasuksky Regional Museum holds a solid copper three-kopek coin in its collection. The coin was minted by the Yekaterinburg Mint in 1874. In 1875, this coin would have bought around a kilogram of rye bread.
This three-kopek coin in the museum’s collection is a common coin, which was regularly minted. The coin weighs 9.83 grams. The overall circulation of the coin amounted to 4,420,000. They started to be produced on a mass scale in 1867, after getting approval for the obverse and reverse designs. The design did not change until the minting ceased in 1917.
There are two semicircular ribbons connected by patterns on the coin’s obverse. There is a poorly preserved arched inscription above the upper ribbon. The inscription is three words, which when better preserved will read: ‘Russian Copper Coin’. At the bottom, there is an inscription which reads ‘three kopeks’. In the center of the coin’s reverse, the coin’s value is shown ‘3 KOPEKS’ with asterisks. Lower down, under a decorative line made of two swirls, there are two letter ‘E.M.’. These mean that the coin was minted at the Yekaterinburg Mint. The coin’s edge or rim is corded, with straight and equally spaced cuts.
Because the coin has been poorly preserved, Russia’s small state coat of arms is not visible. The two-headed eagle under three crowns, surrounded by the chain of the order of St Andrew, with an orb and scepter. The eagle’s chest displays Moscow’s coat of arts, surrounded by a chain with the symbol of Saint Andrew. The coats of arms of the different Tsardoms are displayed on the wings: the Khanate of Khan, the Congress Poland, the Astrakhan Khanate, the Khanate of Sibir, the Kingdom of Georgia and the coat of arms formed of the principalities of Kiev, Novgorod and Vladimir.
Copper coins were produced between 1867 and 1917 at the Yekaterinburg Mint (with the designation EM), the Saint Petersburg Mint (with the designation SPB or without any designation and the Birmingham Mint (in Great Britain, with the designation SPB between 1896 and 1898). These coins were also minted at the Rozenkrants factory in St Petersburg between 1899 and 1900, receiving the designation SPB. From the laws concerning the ratio of copper to coins, 16.3 kilograms had to be turned into 50 rubles of one particular coin type.
This three-kopek coin in the museum’s collection is a common coin, which was regularly minted. The coin weighs 9.83 grams. The overall circulation of the coin amounted to 4,420,000. They started to be produced on a mass scale in 1867, after getting approval for the obverse and reverse designs. The design did not change until the minting ceased in 1917.
There are two semicircular ribbons connected by patterns on the coin’s obverse. There is a poorly preserved arched inscription above the upper ribbon. The inscription is three words, which when better preserved will read: ‘Russian Copper Coin’. At the bottom, there is an inscription which reads ‘three kopeks’. In the center of the coin’s reverse, the coin’s value is shown ‘3 KOPEKS’ with asterisks. Lower down, under a decorative line made of two swirls, there are two letter ‘E.M.’. These mean that the coin was minted at the Yekaterinburg Mint. The coin’s edge or rim is corded, with straight and equally spaced cuts.
Because the coin has been poorly preserved, Russia’s small state coat of arms is not visible. The two-headed eagle under three crowns, surrounded by the chain of the order of St Andrew, with an orb and scepter. The eagle’s chest displays Moscow’s coat of arts, surrounded by a chain with the symbol of Saint Andrew. The coats of arms of the different Tsardoms are displayed on the wings: the Khanate of Khan, the Congress Poland, the Astrakhan Khanate, the Khanate of Sibir, the Kingdom of Georgia and the coat of arms formed of the principalities of Kiev, Novgorod and Vladimir.
Copper coins were produced between 1867 and 1917 at the Yekaterinburg Mint (with the designation EM), the Saint Petersburg Mint (with the designation SPB or without any designation and the Birmingham Mint (in Great Britain, with the designation SPB between 1896 and 1898). These coins were also minted at the Rozenkrants factory in St Petersburg between 1899 and 1900, receiving the designation SPB. From the laws concerning the ratio of copper to coins, 16.3 kilograms had to be turned into 50 rubles of one particular coin type.
