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3 Roubles Trial strike
| Issuer | Soviet Union |
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| Year | 1956 |
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| Weight | 14.6 g |
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| Obverse description | The State Coat of Arms of the Soviet Union depicted centrally, featuring a hammer and sickle superimposed on a terrestrial globe, surrounded by sheaves of wheat bound with ribbon and surmounted by a five-pointed star in the upper field. The circular legend СОЮЗ СОВЕТСКИХ СОЦИАЛИСТИЧЕСКИХ РЕСПУБЛИК runs along the periphery, separated by a star at the base. The design is rendered in high relief against a smooth field. |
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| Obverse lettering | СОЮЗ СОВЕТСКИХ СОЦИАЛИСТИЧЕСКИХ РЕСПУБЛИК ★ (Translation: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) |
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The 1956 Soviet trial strikes occupy an awkward moment in monetary planning — Khrushchev's government was already working toward the 1961 redenomination that would wipe a zero from every denomination, making experimental issues from this period technically obsolete almost before they were tested. Whether this piece was part of that preparatory process or an independent exploration of the 3-rouble denomination is not firmly established in the documentary record.
Nickel bronze was being evaluated against other alloy compositions throughout the mid-1950s for Soviet coinage reform. Very few trial pieces from this program entered public hands before the Soviet archives closed around them.