Special issues: Tsarist coins

Separate groups of issues: rare coins, novodels, patterns and coins with striking errors. They are valued not by face value and metal but by the number of surviving specimens. 4 collections, 2 554 records in total. The largest: Rare coins — 1834, Novodels (official restrikes) — 538, Pattern coins — 158, Coins with striking errors — 24. Every entry carries photographs of both sides, metal, fineness, weight, diameter, mintage and catalogue numbers after Bitkin, Uzdenikov and Conros. Groups with fewer than five records are not listed separately.