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3 Kopecks - Nikolai I Pattern, Wide line, Novodel
| Issuer | Imperial Russian Mint |
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| Year | 1827 |
| Type | Coin pattern |
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| Reverse description | The denomination numeral '3' appears prominently at the top of the field, flanked by two small dots, followed by the Cyrillic legend КОПѢЙКИ (Kopecks) in bold block lettering across the centre. A wide horizontal decorative line separates the denomination from the date 1827, which is inscribed in the lower portion of the field. The entire design is framed by a raised rim with a wide border, consistent with the pattern coinage style of the period. |
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| Mintage | 1827 СПБ |
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Novodels — official restrike patterns produced by the St. Petersburg Mint for collectors, often decades after the original dies were used — occupy an awkward space in Russian numismatics. The Imperial Mint produced them well into the late 19th century, sometimes from original dies, sometimes from newly cut ones replicating earlier designs. Bit# 916 places this piece within Bitkin's pattern classification, but the "wide line" distinction points to a specific die characteristic used to differentiate this striking from otherwise near-identical novodel variants of the 1827 type.
Nikolai I's copper coinage of this period was itself contentious — monetary reforms under his reign reshaped the assignat ruble system that would eventually collapse in 1839 under Kankrin's reform.