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1 Kopeck - Nikolai I СПБ, Pattern, Novodel
| Issuer | Imperial Russian Mint |
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| Year | 1830 |
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| Weight | 4.51 g |
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| Obverse description | Within a raised rim, a crowned double-headed imperial eagle displayed with wings spread, each head surmounted by a separate crown and the whole surmounted by a large imperial crown with cross finial. The eagle's breast bears a central shield. The talons clutch fasces and a flaming torch on the dexter side, and a wreath with thunderbolts on the sinister side, with ribbons trailing beneath. The date 1830, followed by a stop, appears in the exergue in large numerals. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Novodels — official restrike patterns produced by the St. Petersburg Mint for collectors and diplomats — occupy an awkward documentary space: they are genuine mint products, but made years or decades after the fact, often from reworked or entirely new dies. Bit#H928 places this piece squarely in that category. The "H" prefix in Bitkin's reference system denotes novodel status, distinguishing it from the original pattern series of Nicholas I's reign.
Nicholas I undertook a systematic coinage reform in the early 1830s, centralizing copper production and standardizing weights. Whether a circulation version of this specific pattern was ever seriously considered for issue is not established in the literature.