Reference from Uzdenikov
Coins struck in Russia
Massive recoinage of 1762 includes areas from Nizhny Novgorod, Yaroslavl, Smolensk Gubernia, Arkhangelsk, Polotsk
| Coins | Era struck | Mintmark | Description |
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1697 - 1797 | KД MMД MM |
Red Mint, Moscow Produced various coins at various intervals |
| 1701 - 1737 | M МД MДЗ |
Kadashevsky, Moscow Struck gold silver, copper as well as for Kingdom of Poland |
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1699 - 1727 | HД НДЗ HДД БК |
Naberzhny, Moscow
Struck copper coins of all denominations |
| 1700 - 1718? | New Mint Moscow
No mintmark on coins, struck silver kopek of pre-reform pattern. |
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1724 - 1728, 1739 - 1798, 1806 - 1917 |
СПБ СП CM |
St. Petersburg Mint in Petropavlovsk
fortress Produced various coins as well as pattern coins. Also took part in forging foreign coins - Dutch ducats and Turkish kuruses. |
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1727 - 1876 | EM | Ekaterinburg Mint, Ekaterinburg Initially setup to strike square copper plates and was unsuccessful. |
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1789 - 1798 | AM | Anninskoye Mint, Anninskoye village of Perm
Gubernia Struck copper coins of various denominations. |
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1766 - 1847 | KM CM |
Suzun (Barnaul) Mint, Nizhne-Suzun copper melting
works
Until 1781 struck Siberian coins marked "KM". From 1781 to 1830 - marked coins with letters KM and 1831 onwards, with its own mintmark - CM. Not to be confused with Sestroretsk Mint. |
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1757 - 1778 | CM | Sestroretsk Mint, Sestroretsk armoury
Struck various copper coins. Only placed mintmark for 5 kopek struck from 1763 - 1767. Was never meant to be a mint but did strike coins. This factory still exist in operation! |
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1810 - 1821, 1840 - 1843 |
ИМ | Kolpino (Izhora) Mint, Izhora Works
Struck various copper coins. In 1840 - 1843, it used St Petersburg Mint mark. |
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1787 - 1788 | TM | Tauric Mint, Feodosia (Crimea) Struck only 2 and 5 kopek copper coins. Possibly struck silver coins but not confirmed |
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1804 - 1834 | - | Tiflis Mint, Tbillisi (Georgia) Struck silver and copper coins for Georgia. Mine unfortunately is a replica... |
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1816 - 1864 | MW BM |
Warsaw Mint, Poland This was when Poland was part of Russian Empire. Struck various coins for Poland as well as some unique dual denomination coinage. |
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1863 - 1917 | - | Helsingfors Mint, Helsinki (Finland) Struck various coins for Finland when Finland was part of Russian Empire |
| Coins | Era struck | Mintmark | Description |
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1861, 1896 - 1898 | * | Paris Mint, France Both Paris and Strasbourg (1861) struck 10, 15 20 kopeks of 1861. No difference between Paris and Strasbourg Mint. No mintmaster mark. Only Paris Mint struck 1896 - 1898 50 kopek and 1 ruble coins. Both have 1 star on the edge |
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1897 - 1899 | ** | Brussels Mint, Belgium Struck 1897 - 1899 rubles. Can only be distinguished at the edge with two asterisks or two ticks. |
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1771 - 1774 | S | Private mint, Sadogura Estate
Struck coins from captured Turkish cannon for Moldava and Wallachia. Mintmark only on pattern coins. |
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1916 | - | Osaka Mint, Japan
Struck 10 and 15 kopek coins. No mintmaster mark |
| 1916 | A, J | Berlin (A) & Hamburg (J) Mint, Germany
Struck 1, 2, 3 kopek iron coins of German occupied area |
Koenigsberg Mint, Prussia
Struck most coins for Prussia 1759 - 1762. No mintmark on coins - no tell signs of origin compared to coins struck in Red Mint, Moscow.
Priviate mint in Birmingham - Formerly known as "Ralph Heathen & Sons"
Struck copper coins of all denominations of 1896 to 1898. SPB mintmark - no tell sign of origin
Rosenkranz works in St. Petersburg
Struck 1899 - 1901 copper coins (except 5 kopek). SPB mintmark - no tell sign of origin
Foreign Mints which struck coins related to History of Russia
Mint in Mannheim (Germany)
Struck Albertusthalers in 1753 commised by duchy of Schlezwig-Holstein
Mint in Avesta (Sweden)
In 1788, forged 5 kopek coins dated 1764, 1778 and 1787 were struck. Most have mintmark of Ekaterinburg Mint.
Old Mint in Tifilis (Georgia)
Struck Georgian coins of period of Russian protectorate over Georgia
Berlin & Hamburg Mint (Germany)
Struck some of 1916 metallic bona of German occupation
Last updated: 28 October, 2018