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Poltina - Peter I
| Issuer | Imperial Russian Mint |
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| Year | 1723 |
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| Weight | 14.22 g |
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| Reverse script | Cyrillic |
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| Mint | Krasny Mint, Moscow |
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The 1723 poltina occupies an awkward moment in Peter's monetary reforms — the tsar had been systematically overhauling Russian coinage since 1700, but silver fractional denominations remained inconsistent in both alloy and weight throughout his reign. The .728 fineness here reflects a deliberate debasement from earlier issues, a pragmatic concession to the chronic silver shortages plaguing the treasury during the ongoing Northern War's financial aftermath.
KM#161.1 distinguishes this as the first major die variety of the type. Peter died in February 1725, leaving this among the last poltina designs produced under his direct authority.