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Polushka - Nikolai I Warsaw Mint
| Issuer | Russian Empire |
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| Year | 1850-1853 |
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| Currency | Rouble (1700-1917) |
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| Obverse script | Cyrillic |
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| Reverse description | The denomination ПОЛУШКА inscribed in large Cyrillic letters across the upper central field, surmounted by the Imperial crown with cross finial. The date of issue appears in Arabic numerals on the second line, followed by a period stop, with the Warsaw Mint mark В.М. (Варшавский Монетный двор) positioned in the lower field beneath the date. The reverse carries no additional legend, with all inscriptions arranged in three horizontal registers within a plain raised rim. |
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The Warsaw Mint struck copper coins for Russian imperial circulation during the 1850s as part of Petersburg's deliberate policy of integrating the Kingdom of Poland's minting infrastructure into the broader imperial system — a process accelerated following the failed November Uprising of 1830. By the time these polushki were produced, the mint's Polish identity had been largely suppressed; it operated effectively as a provincial facility of the Russian imperial apparatus, with no Polish-language legends permitted on general circulation coinage.