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Since the monetary reform of 1534, one Russian accounting ruble became equivalent to 100 silver Novgorod denga coins or smaller 200 Muscovite denga coins or even smaller 400 polushka coins. Exactly the former coin with a rider on it soon became colloquially known as kopek and was the higher coin until the beginning of the 18th century.
The ruble or rouble (/ ˈ r uː b əl /; Russian: рубль, IPA:) is the currency unit of Russia and Belarus. Historically, it was the name of the currency of the Russian Empire (the Imperial ruble) and, later, of the Soviet Union (the Soviet ruble).
Coins: The first coinage after the Russian Civil War was minted in 1921–1923 according to pre-war Czarist standards, with silver coins of 10, 15 and 20 kopecks minted in 50% silver, 50 kopecks ("poltinnik" or 1 ⁄ 2 ruble) and 1 ruble in 90% silver, and 10 rubles (one chervonets) in 90% gold.
1000th anniv. of ancient Russian architecture Saint Sophia Cathedral in Kiev: 35,000 900 31.1 1988 3 rubles 1000th anniv. of ancient Russian Mintage Vladimir's Srebrenik 35,000 900 31.1 1989 3 rubles 500th anniv. of Russian State first All-Russian coins 40,000 900 31.1 1989 3 rubles 500th anniv. of Russian State Moscow Kremlin: 40,000 900 31.1 1990
The word kopek, kopeck, copeck, or kopeyka (in Russian: копейка, kopeyka) is a diminutive form of the Russian kop'yo (копьё)—a spear [citation needed].The first kopek coins, minted at Novgorod and Pskov from about 1534 onwards, show a horseman with a spear.
The known replica of this chervonets are made of high-grade silver and copper. B.S. Yusupov noted in his book, "The Coins of the Russian Empire" (Kazan, 1999, p. 231) that before the silver chervonets of 1706 were known as a shestak. Today, the low-grade silver chervonets of 1706 is an unidentified coin in the Russian numismatics system.
Platinum coins of the Russian Federation; Platinum coins of the Soviet Union; Polushka; T. Tympf
Kuna is a weight and monetary unit, as well as the name of the coins used in Kievan Rus' and the Russian lands from the 10th to 15th centuries. The circulation of money in Rus' arose at the beginning of the 9th century due to the massive penetration into the Rus' lands of the eastern dirham weighing 2.73 g which gets the name "Kuna".