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10 Kopecks - Alexander I Pattern, countermarked of 5 Kopecks of Ekaterina II
| Issuer | Imperial Russian Mint |
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| Year | 1809 |
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| Value | 10 Kopecks (10 Копеек) (0.10) |
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| Reverse lettering | 10 КОПѢЕКЪ 1809 (Translation: 10 Kopecks) |
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| Mintage | 1809 |
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This piece belongs to a broader 1809 recoinage program under Alexander I, during which earlier Catherine II copper was systematically withdrawn and countermarked to new face values rather than fully remelted — a cost-saving measure driven by chronic copper shortages and the financial strain preceding Russia's entanglement in the Napoleonic conflicts. The countermark itself is the policy made physical: the state asserting new value over old metal without the expense of a full mint run.
Bit#700 identifies this as a pattern rather than an issued piece, meaning it was struck for approval, not circulation. Few survived bureaucratic review.