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Poltina - Aleksandr I / Nikolai I
| Issuer | Imperial Russian Mint |
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| Year | 1810-1826 |
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| Thickness | 1.76 mm |
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| Obverse description | Central device depicts the Imperial Russian double-headed eagle with wings displayed, each head crowned individually and surmounted by a single large Imperial crown above; the eagle bears a heraldic shield on its breast and holds a sceptre in its right talon and an orb in its left. The circular legend reading МОНЕТА ПОЛТИНА is inscribed along the periphery, flanked by small six-pointed stars, with the mint master's initials ПС below the eagle and the date 1818 at the bottom of the field. |
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| Mintage | 1810 СПБ ФГ - - 1811 СПБ ФГ - - 90,000 1812 СПБ МФ - - 448,008 1813 СПБ ПС - - 580,000 1814 СПБ МФ - - 662,000 1814 СПБ ПС - - 1815 СПБ МФ - - 1,700,000 1816 СПБ МФ - - 270,000 1816 СПБ ПС - - 1817 СПБ ПС - - 2,820,000 1818 СПБ ПС - - 4,250,000 1819 СПБ - Without initials - 2,430,000 1819 СПБ ПС - - 1820 СПБ ПД - - 1,356,000 1820 СПБ ПС - - 1821 СПБ ПД - - 480,000 1822 СПБ ПД - - 90,000 1823 СПБ ПД - - 200,000 1824 СПБ ПД - - 320,000 1825 СПБ ПД - - 152,000 1826 СПБ НГ - - 210,001 |
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The poltina — half a ruble — was reintroduced as a proper struck coin under Alexander I's monetary reforms of 1810, pushed through by Finance Minister Mikhail Speransky as part of a broader effort to stabilize Russian currency after decades of inflationary assignat paper money had eroded public confidence in the monetary system. The reform established new weight and fineness standards that this type was the first generation to follow.
Production ran continuously through the transition of reigns following Alexander's death at Taganrog in November 1825, with Nikolai I's accession issues struck amid the chaos of the Decembrist uprising weeks later.