Coin, 5 Kopeks, USSR (Soviet Union), 1979

Coin

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Archive of Cuban Socialism

Name/Title

Coin, 5 Kopeks, USSR (Soviet Union), 1979

Entry/Object ID

2025.20.28

Description

Soviet aluminum-bronze 5-kopek circulating coin. Reverse: large numeral "5" over "КОПЕЕК" (kopeks) and the date "1979," within a wreath of wheat and oak. Obverse: the USSR state emblem — hammer and sickle over a globe with radiating sun, flanked by wheat ears with ribbons, surmounted by a star — above the legend "СССР" (USSR).

Context

Standard-issue Soviet minor coinage.

Acquisition

Accession

2025.20

Acquisition Method

Gift

Mintage

Date made

1979

Time Period

1970s

Place of Origin

Country

U.S.S.R.

Region

Eastern Europe

Continent

Europe

Coin Details

Obverse

Description

"СССР" (USSR); state emblem (hammer and sickle, globe, sun, wheat, star)

Reverse

Description

"5"; "КОПЕЕК" (kopeks); date "1979"

Composition

Material Notes

Aluminum-bronze alloy (standard for Soviet 5-kopek coins).

Condition

Overall Condition

Poor

Relationships

Related Places

Place

Country

U.S.S.R.

Region

Eastern Europe

Continent

Europe

Created By

María A. Cabrera Arús

Create Date

July 4, 2026

Updated By

María A. Cabrera Arús

Update Date

July 4, 2026