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1/2 Kopeck - Nicholas II
| Issuer | Russian Empire |
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| Year | 1897 |
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| Value | 1/2 Kopeck (1/2 Копейка) (0.005) |
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| Obverse script | Cyrillic |
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| Mintage | 1897 - 7981 |
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The 1897 half kopeck sits in an awkward moment in Russian monetary history. That year, Finance Minister Sergei Witte pushed through a sweeping currency reform that placed the ruble on the gold standard — the real action was in the higher denominations. The copper fractions were largely incidental to the reform's ambitions, produced more out of institutional habit than economic necessity.
Bit#382 catalogues this as a pattern issue, which aligns with KM#Pn149 — meaning what survives are likely proof or trial strikes rather than circulation pieces.