5 Kopeks 1837, EM-KT
Coins-Tsarist Coins
- Country: Tsarist Russia
- Weight: 22.72 g
- Metal: Copper
- Designation: Cu
- Denomination: 5 kopeks
- Ruler: Nicholas I
- Monetary unit: Kopek
- Mintmaster initials: EM-KT
- Summary: Uzdenikov 3344
- Bitkin: 497
- Conros: 183/16
- Diameter: 36.5 mm
- Reverse
In the central part is the denomination — 5 Below it is the name of the monetary unit: "KOPIEK". Below the name are two pointed lines directed in opposite directions with a dot between them. Under the lines is the abbreviation "E.M." (Yekaterinburg Mint). - Obverse
In the central part is the State Emblem of the Russian Empire — a double-headed eagle with wings spread and lowered. Above the eagle's heads is the imperial crown. On the eagle's breast is the coat of arms of Moscow — a shield depicting St. George the Victorious on horseback, slaying a serpent with a long spear (the serpent's head is to the right). The eagle holds thunderbolts and a torch in its right talon and a laurel wreath in its left, intertwined with the ribbon of the Order of St. Andrew the Apostle the First-Called. Under the ribbon are the letters: left "K", right "T". The initials of mintmaster Konstantin Thomson. Under the initials is the year of mintage "1837."
