3 Kopeks 1859, EM, New Type (1860-1867)
Coins-Tsarist Coins
₽16 000,00
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- Country: Tsarist Russia
- Weight: 15.36 g
- Mintage: 15,821,333 pcs.
- Metal: Copper
- Designation: Cu
- Denomination: 3 kopeks
- Ruler: Alexander II
- Monetary unit: Kopek
- Mint mark: EM
- Bitkin: 323
- Konros: 189/30
- Diameter: 32.2 mm
- F: 101 ₽
- VF: 414 ₽
- XF: 2060 ₽
- AU: 14500 ₽
- UNC: 4148 ₽
- Reverse
The denomination is indicated on three lines (with quatrefoils to the left and right), followed by the monetary unit and the year of minting: ✤ 3 ✤ KOPEYKI 1859. Below is a divider of two ornamental lines with a dot between them. Immediately beneath it is the abbreviation 'E.M.' (Yekaterinburg Mint). - Obverse
The center of the obverse features the lesser coat of arms of the Russian Empire — a double-headed eagle. Both eagle heads bear crowns, with a third, larger crown between them. All three crowns are connected by a ribbon. 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 left). The shield is surrounded by the chain of the Order of St. Andrew the Apostle the First-Called. The coats of arms on the wings (four on each wing) are: Kazan, Polish, Tauride, Astrakhan, Siberian, Georgian, Kiev and Novgorod, Vladimir. In its right talon, the eagle holds a scepter, and in its left, an orb.
