Reverse The central part features the denomination — 10. Below is the name of the monetary unit: «КОПѢЕКЪ» (KOPEKS). Below the name are two pointed lines directed in opposite directions with a dot between them. Under the lines is the abbreviation «Е.М.» (Yekaterinburg Mint).
Obverse The central part depicts 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 with St. George the Victorious on horseback, slaying a serpent with a long spear (the serpent's head is on 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 First-Called. Under the ribbon are the letters: on the left «Ф», on the right «Х». The initials of mintmaster Fyodor Khvoshchinsky. Below the initials is the year of mintage «1835.»