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Interesting Half Ruble - Can You Figure Out Why?

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This is the coin:

Interesting-Half-Ruble---Can-You-Figure-Out-Why?

If you can't figure it out, the answer is out in the internet.
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ANything to do with Napoleon?
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Anything to do with Russian Control of former Polish territory?
Denominated in both silver and gold?
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Nothing that jumps out at me as odd. But then again, I've never collected this series.
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Alexander 1st Poltina (1/2 ruble). New type of Eagle design. First new design of the Eagle on this coin was, I believe, 1810.
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Random guess: does it have overstruck mint-master initials? They certainly look a lot like that to me.
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It reminds me Chinese mace & candareens, the intrinsic weight of silver is given in zolotniks and dolyas




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Here's one photo with better details. January1may has nearly got it right:

Interesting-Half-Ruble---Can-You-Figure-Out-Why?
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