1925 USSR 1 Poltinnik (50 Kopecks) – Worker with Hammer – Silver Coin

This early Soviet silver poltinnik shows a blacksmith striking an anvil, symbolizing industrial labor and the new socialist state. It is one of the iconic circulation types of the mid‑1920s Soviet ruble system and was struck in large numbers at Leningrad, yet higher‑grade examples and certain edge varieties are actively collected.

Specifications (World Capital Coins format)

• Country: Soviet Union (USSR), Russia

• Year of issue: 1925

• Denomination / face value: 1 Poltinnik (50 Kopecks; 0.5 Ruble)

• Metal / fineness: Silver, 0.900 fine

• Weight: 0.289 troy ounce silver (10.0 g gross; 9.0 g pure Ag)

• Diameter / size / shape: 26.67–27.0 mm, round

• Thickness: About 2.1–2.15 mm

• Quality: Regular circulation strike (your photos look circulated, not proof)

• Edge: Lettered or plain, varieties exist; standard type has incuse inscription «чистого серебра 9 грамм П.Л» meaning “9 grams of pure silver P.L”

• Obverse: USSR state emblem (hammer and sickle over globe in wreath, star above) with surrounding slogan “Proletarians of all countries, unite!” in Russian, denomination “ОДИН ПОЛТИННИК” (one poltinnik) below

• Reverse: Worker/blacksmith raising a hammer over an anvil, with tools (gear, plow, etc.) and radiating sparks; date “1925” below

• Mintage: Approximately 43,558,000 pieces for 1925 (main type)

• Packaging: None originally (standard circulation coin; your piece is raw)