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25 Kopecks - Nikolai I / Aleksandr II Warsaw Mint
| Issuer | Imperial Russian Mint |
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| Year | 1854-1857 |
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| Weight | 5.18 g |
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| Obverse script | Cyrillic |
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| Reverse description | The denomination '25' is prominently displayed in large numerals at center, with the Cyrillic inscription 'КОПѢЕКЪ' (Kopecks) immediately below, and the date '1857' beneath a decorative foliate divider. The entire central design is framed by a wreath composed of an olive branch to the left and an oak branch to the right, tied at the base with a ribbon bow. An Imperial crown surmounts the wreath at the top of the field. The design is enclosed within a finely toothed border. |
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Warsaw Mint silver from this window sits at an awkward historical junction: production ran through the Crimean War, during which Russia's financial reserves were under severe strain and silver coinage was being hoarded across the empire. The Warsaw facility — operating under Russian imperial authority since the Congress Kingdom was effectively absorbed after the 1830–31 November Uprising — struck these pieces as a subordinate mint, its Polish identity bureaucratically erased but its craftsmen unchanged.
C#166.2 distinguishes the Warsaw strikes from St. Petersburg issues by mintmaster initials, not mint mark. MW privy marks identify the responsible officials, a detail that collapses under casual inspection but matters considerably for attribution.