3 Kopeks 1861, WM
Coins-Tsarist Coins
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- Country: Tsarist Russia
- Weight: 15.36 g
- Mintage: 283,689 pcs.
- Metal: Copper
- Designation: Cu
- Denomination: 3 kopeks
- Ruler: Alexander II
- Monetary unit: Kopek
- Mint mark: WM
- Bitkin: 460 (R)
- Conros: 189/41
- Ilyin: 1 ruble
- Diameter: 31.9 mm
- VF: 4269 ₽
- Reverse
The denomination on three lines (with four-leaf rosettes to the left and right), the monetary unit, and the year of mintage: ✤ 3 ✤ KOPEYKI 1861. Below is a divider of two ornamental lines with a dot between them. Immediately below it is the abbreviation 'V.M.' (Warsaw Mint). - Obverse
The center of the obverse features the small coat of arms of the Russian Empire — a double-headed eagle. Both eagle heads bear crowns, and a third, larger crown is 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). Around the shield is the chain of the Order of St. Andrew the Apostle the First-Called. The coats of arms on the wings (four on each wing): Kazan, Polish, Tauride, Astrakhan, Siberian, Georgian, Kiev and Novgorod, Vladimir. In its right talon is a scepter, and in its left — an orb.
