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Polupoltinnik - Ekaterina II
| Issuer | Imperial Russian Mint |
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| Year | 1764-1766 |
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| Value | 1/2 Poltina (1 Полуполтинник) (0.25) |
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| Obverse lettering | Б•М•ЕКАТЕРИНА•II•IМП•I САМОД•ВСЕРОС ММД (Translation: Abbreviated By the grace of God, Catherine II, All-Russian empress and autocrat MMD) |
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| Reverse script | Cyrillic |
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The polupoltinnik — literally a "half-half-ruble" — was among the fractional silver denominations rationalized under Catherine II's monetary reforms of the early 1760s, which sought to standardize a coinage system still riddled with inconsistencies inherited from Peter I and his immediate successors. Production ran only three years before the denomination was quietly abandoned, a short window that kept total mintages low across all issuing facilities.
The Moscow Mint handled the bulk of this issue, with St. Petersburg contributing comparatively modest output in select years.