Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
5 Kopecks 7 orbits
| Issuer | Soviet Union |
|---|---|
| Year | 1926-1935 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | 5 КОПЕЕК 1926 · (Translation: 5 Kopecks) |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | 1926 - - 14,697,000 1926 - Proof - 1927 - - 1928 - - 1929 - - 20,220,000 1930 - - 44,490,000 1931 - - 89,540,000 1932 - - 65,100,000 1933 - - 18,135,000 1934 - - 5,354,000 1935 - - 11,735,000 |
| Additional information |
The "7 orbits" designation refers to the seven raised ridges ringing the inner field on the reverse — a detail that distinguishes this type from the later reworked dies and has made it the collector shorthand for the entire 1926–1935 run. Production spanned the first two Soviet Five-Year Plans, a period when the state was simultaneously dismantling the NEP mixed economy and demanding metals for industrialization, creating periodic pressure on non-ferrous coinage supply. Aluminium bronze was itself a deliberate choice, adopted across the Soviet small-denomination series to conserve copper for industrial use.