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13 Kopecks - Bank of Sverdlovsk
| Issuer | Russia › Russian Federation (1991-date) |
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| Year | 2014 |
| Type | Fantasy coin |
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| Obverse script | Cyrillic |
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| Reverse description | The central field features the large numeral 13 above the Cyrillic denomination КОПЕЕК (kopecks) in bold relief, with the date 1924 prominently displayed beneath. Two stylized wheat or laurel branches frame the denomination on either side, rising from the lower field in a decorative arrangement reminiscent of Soviet-era coinage design. The curved legend ★ БАНК СВЕРДЛОВСКА ★ (Bank of Sverdlovsk) arcs along the upper rim between two five-pointed stars. The overall design is an intentional fantasy evocation of Soviet coinage aesthetics, referencing Sverdlovsk, the Soviet-era name for Yekaterinburg. |
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The Bank of Sverdlovsk never existed. Sverdlovsk — the Soviet-era name for Yekaterinburg — had no independent issuing bank, and the Russian Federation's monetary system has never recognized regional banking authorities with note or coin issuance rights. This piece belongs to a well-documented category of Russian "fantasy" tokens produced from the mid-2000s onward, typically struck by private mints and marketed as collectibles under fictitious regional banking names. The 13-kopeck denomination is itself a deliberate absurdity, chosen precisely because no such denomination has ever circulated in Russian monetary history.