page_title: Ruble
section_title: Russia's Coins
hierarchical_section_title: Ruble / History / Imperial ruble (14th century – 1917) / Russia's Coins
caption_attribution_description: English: Catherine II Sestroretsk Rouble (1771) made of solid copper (77mm diameter, 26mm thick) is the largest copper coin ever issued.[1] It is 1mm larger and thicker than a standard hockey puck.
context_page_description: The ruble or rouble is or was a currency unit of a number of countries in Eastern Europe closely associated with the economy of Russia. Originally, the ruble was the currency unit of Imperial Russia and then the Soviet Union. As of 2020 it is the currency unit of Russia, Belarus and Transnistria. The Russian ruble is also used in two regions of Georgia, the partially recognised states Abkhazia and South Ossetia. In the past, several other countries influenced by Russia and the Soviet Union had currency units that were also named rubles.
  The Russian rubles and Belarussian rubles are subdivided into one hundred kopeks. No kopek is currently formally subdivided, although denga and polushka have previously been minted.
context_section_description: By the beginning of the 19th century, copper coins were issued for ​¹⁄₄, ​¹⁄₂, 1, 2 and 5 kopeks, with silver 5, 10, 25 and 50 kopeks and 1 ruble and gold 5 although production of the 10 ruble coin ceased in 1806. Silver 20 kopeks were introduced in 1820, followed by copper 10 kopeks minted between 1830 and 1839, and copper 3 kopeks introduced in 1840. Between 1828 and 1845, platinum 3, 6 and 12 rubles were issued. In 1860, silver 15 kopeks were introduced, due to the use of this denomination (equal to 1 złoty) in Poland, whilst, in 1869, gold 3 rubles were introduced. In 1886, a new gold coinage was introduced consisting of 5 and 10 ruble coins. This was followed by another in 1897. In addition to smaller 5 and 10 ruble coins, ​7 ¹⁄₂ and 15 ruble coins were issued for a single year, as these were equal in size to the previous 5 and 10 ruble coins. The gold coinage was suspended in 1911, with the other denominations produced until the First World War.
caption: Catherine II Sestroretsk ruble (1771) is made of solid copper with a diameter of 77 millimetres (3 3⁄100 in) and a thickness of 26 millimetres (1 1⁄50 in) with a weight of 1.022 kg (2.25 lb). It is the largest copper coin ever issued (except for the Swedish plate money).[10] It is 1mm larger and thicker than a standard Hockey puck.
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