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20 Kopecks - Catherine II Portrait, novodel pattern
| Issuer | Imperial Russian Mint |
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| Year | 1764 |
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| Value | 20 Kopecks (0.20) |
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| Reverse description | Central shield bearing the coat of arms of the Tsardom of Siberia, depicting two sables rampant as supporters, each holding a bow and a pair of crossed arrows, surmounted by a crown. The heraldic device occupies the central field. A circular Cyrillic legend surrounds the composition, giving the date 1764 and the denomination, separated by dot ornaments. The design is consistent with the regional Siberian coinage typology established under Catherine II's monetary reform. |
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| Reverse lettering | ∙ 1764 ∙ МОНЕТА ∙ ЦЕНА ∙ ДВАТЦАТЬ ∙ КОПѢЕКЪ (Translation: Coin valued at twenty kopecks.) |
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Novodels — official restrikes produced by the St. Petersburg and Moscow mints, often decades after the original issue — occupy an awkward but legitimate place in Russian numismatics. This piece falls into that category: struck from dies that may postdate 1764, produced for collectors rather than circulation, almost certainly at the behest of the Imperial Cabinet or a private buyer with court connections. The practice was formalized under Alexander II but had roots going back much earlier.
Bitkin 1235 places this among the rarer pattern-class novodels of Catherine's early coinage reform period, when the monetary system was being restructured following the chaos of the Seven Years' War expenditures.