15 Kopecks - Elizabeth Pattern, Novodel

Elizabeth died in December 1761 before this pattern could progress to a regular issue, making it one of several unfinished monetary reforms cut short by her death. The "Novodel" designation marks it as a later restrike produced by the St. Petersburg Mint — likely in the 19th century — for collectors and cabinet sets rather than any circulation purpose. These restrikes were an open practice of the Imperial Mint, sometimes struck on blanks of inconsistent quality.

Bitkin H574 places it firmly in the "hypothetical novodel" category, meaning the original dies may not have survived and restrike dies were themselves reconstructed.