The Bank of Sverdlovsk never existed as a note-issuing or coin-issuing authority within the Russian Federation. No legitimate municipal or regional monetary instrument denominated in kopecks was produced by any Sverdlovsk entity in 2014, and the Russian Federation centralized all coinage under the Bank of Russia following the Soviet collapse. This piece is almost certainly a fantasy token or privately issued novelty, produced without any governmental mandate and bearing no legal tender status under Russian federal law.
The Bank of Sverdlovsk never existed as a note-issuing or coin-issuing authority within the Russian Federation. No legitimate municipal or regional monetary instrument denominated in kopecks was produced by any Sverdlovsk entity in 2014, and the Russian Federation centralized all coinage under the Bank of Russia following the Soviet collapse. This piece is almost certainly a fantasy token or privately issued novelty, produced without any governmental mandate and bearing no legal tender status under Russian federal law.