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Grivennik - Elizabeth
| Issuer | Imperial Russian Mint |
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| Year | 1742-1746 |
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| Weight | 2.59 g |
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| Reverse description | Central field bears the Cyrillic denomination inscription ГРИВЕННИКЪ arranged in two lines, surmounted by an elaborate imperial crown with cross finial. The central design is flanked on both sides by symmetrical foliate branches forming a wreath, tied at the base with ribbon-like scrollwork. The year of issue appears in Arabic numerals below the denomination within the wreath. The entire composition is contained within a plain field with a milled border. |
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| Reverse lettering | ГРИВЕННИКЪ |
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Elizabeth came to power in a bloodless coup in December 1741, overthrowing the infant Ivan VI and his regent. Her early coinage reform restored silver denominations that had been debased under the preceding regency government. The grivennik — a ten-kopek piece — had a troubled production history under Elizabeth, with dies prepared at both the Moscow and St. Petersburg mints producing measurable differences in strike quality across the 1742–1746 run.
The .750 fineness reflects a deliberate compromise: pure enough to maintain credibility in trade, debased enough to stretch bullion reserves strained by ongoing military commitments in the War of Austrian Succession.