24 Kopecks - Elizabeth Novodel, 1/4 Rouble obverse die

The 24 kopeck denomination was itself an oddity — introduced under Elizabeth Petrovna as part of an attempt to rationalize subsidiary silver coinage, it had a lifespan so short that original circulation strikes are exceedingly rare. This piece is a novodel, a restrike produced by the Imperial Mint in the 18th or 19th century using original or period-adjacent dies, made explicitly for collectors and cabinet collections rather than commerce. The Russian Imperial Mint produced novodels as a matter of established practice, often fulfilling requests from prominent collectors and foreign cabinets.

The obverse die used here is identified as a 1/4 rouble die — cross-denomination die usage that reflects the practical reality of a mint managing multiple overlapping silver series simultaneously.