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50 Kopecks Trial strike
| Issuer | Soviet Union |
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| Year | 1956 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Reverse description | The large denomination numeral '50' dominates the upper portion of the reverse, rendered in bold relief. Below, the Cyrillic legend 'КОПЕЕК' (Kopecks) is inscribed across the centre field. The date '1956' appears in the lower field, with a symmetrical wreath of wheat sprigs framing the entire design on both sides, tied at the base with a ribbon bow. The composition is clean and unadorned, characteristic of Soviet pattern coinage of the period. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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In 1956, the Soviet monetary authorities were actively testing new compositions ahead of the 1961 currency reform, which would redenominate the ruble at a ratio of 10:1 and introduce a redesigned coinage series. Trial strikes in copper at this denomination were part of that extended evaluation process — the production coinage ultimately settled on a different alloy. Ushakov's classification of this piece at Р-3 indicates genuine rarity within the Soviet trial and pattern series, where even catalogue compilers worked from incomplete state records.