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1 Kopeck - Alexander II Warsaw Mint
| Issuer | Imperial Russian Mint |
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| Year | 1855-1860 |
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| Weight | 5.12 g |
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| Obverse lettering | А II |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Warsaw Mint production of Russian copper coinage during this period reflects a deliberate policy decision following the failed November Uprising of 1830–31, after which the Congress Kingdom of Poland was stripped of its constitution and increasingly absorbed into the Russian administrative apparatus. Keeping the Warsaw facility active on imperial coinage was partly economic, partly a tool of institutional subordination — the mint's output stamped with Russian imperial authority rather than anything distinctly Polish.
The Warsaw pieces are distinguished from St. Petersburg and Ekaterinburg strikes by the BM mintmark (Варшавский монетный двор). Die alignment and copper quality vary noticeably across the run.