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Polushka - Anna Novodel
| Issuer | Russian Empire |
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| Year | 1735 |
| Type | Coin pattern |
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| Obverse description | Imperial Russian double-headed eagle displayed in the field, with both heads facing outward and surmounted by three crowns — one above each head and a larger central imperial crown above. The eagle's wings are spread, with detailed feather engraving; its talons clutch a sceptre to the left and an orb surmounted by a cross to the right. No surrounding legend is present, and the coin's milled border frames the design. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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A novodel — a later restrike produced by the Imperial mint, typically for collectors rather than circulation — this piece replicates the 1735 Anna Polushka, the quarter-kopek denomination that sat at the absolute bottom of Russia's copper monetary hierarchy. Novodels of this period were commonly struck in the late 18th or 19th century using original or re-engraved dies, and their official mint origin paradoxically makes authentication harder, not easier, since the mint itself produced them in varying quantities at uncertain dates.
The KM#NL6 reference places it firmly in the novodel catalog rather than the circulation series. Die alignment and edge treatment often differ from genuine 1735 strikings.