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3 Kopecks Occupation Coinage
| Issuer | Ober Ost (Oberbefehlshaber Ost) |
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| Year | 1916 |
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| Weight | 8.7 g |
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| Obverse description | The obverse features a plain field bearing the three-line Latin legend GEBIET DES OBERBEFEHLSHABERS OST (meaning 'Region of the Commander-in-Chief East'), arranged horizontally across the centre of the coin. Flanking the upper legend are two sprigs of oak leaves, a characteristic emblem of German military authority. The entire design is enclosed within a beaded inner border running parallel to the coin's raised rim, lending the composition a restrained, utilitarian character appropriate to wartime occupation coinage. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse displays a prominent Iron Cross (Eisernes Kreuz) occupying the full field, with each arm defined by finely reeded edges and concave inner curves meeting at the centre. Superimposed upon the cross in bold Cyrillic characters is the denomination 3 КОПѢЙКИ (3 Kopecks), with the numeral 3 positioned in the upper arm and the date 1916 in the lower arm. The design is uncluttered, relying entirely on the symbolic weight of the Iron Cross motif to assert German military authority over the occupied eastern territories. |
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