Kopeck - Aleksandr I Pattern, Small eagle

The 1811 pattern kopecks were produced during the Speransky monetary reform period, when Alexander I's administration was actively reconsidering the entire structure of Russian copper coinage — weight standards, denominations, and eagle typology were all in flux simultaneously. The "small eagle" designation distinguishes this from the concurrent large eagle patterns struck the same year, and both Bitkin 718 and 719 represent die variants within that small eagle grouping.

These never entered circulation. The reform proposals were shelved, and standard coinage continued under the existing system.