The coin is minted from copper, produced from 1810 to 1830. The obverse and reverse sides have a protruding around the circumference of the rim with notches. Partial or complete absence of Kant is not a marriage and is determined by the technology of minting.
The obverse of the coin depicts the State Emblem
of the Russian Empire first half of XIX century. The coat of arms double-headed eagle with raised wings, crowned by two Imperial crowns, above is the same crown but larger. Right Talon the eagle holds a scepter, the left - power. On the chest is placed a shield with the Moscow coat of arms: St. George on horseback slaying a serpentine dragon with wings.
Moscow coat of arms surrounded by chain of the order of Saint Apostle Andrey Pervozvannogo. Under the clutches of an eagle located mintmaster the initials of the mint - letters "И"and "К" Under the tail in a semicircle along the rim the year of issue "1827.".
The reverse of the coin is specified denomination in two lines - "1 КОПЕЙКА" above it the Imperial crown. Under the denomination located a solid line below the letters "Е.М."(Yekaterinburg coin). In a circle along the rim are two branches (oak and Laurel) that are associated at the bottom with tape.
Varieties of the penny sample of 1810:
The long neck of the eagle, heads away from each other, the large feathers of the wings: 1810 (EM NM);
The long neck of the eagle, heads close to each other, the small feathers of the wings: 1810 (KM, without initials of mintmaster);
1811 (KM PB);
Short neck of the eagle, the small feathers of the wings: 1810, 1812-1813, 1818-1819, 1821 (EAT NM);
1810-1811 (SPB, MC);
1810 (SPB FG);
1811 (EM NM, threadlike GURT);
1811 (EM NM, smooth edge, word "КОПЕИКА";
1811 (EM NM, smooth edge, word "КОПЕЙКА";
1811 (MI, MK, the word "КОПЕИКА";
1811 (MI, MK, the word "КОПЕЙКА";
1812-1817 (KM S);
1821-1830 (KM S);
1812-1814 (IM PS);
1815 (EM NM, large crown over value);
1815 (EM NM, small crown above the face value);
1818 (KM DB);
1818-1820 (KM AD);
1820-1821 (IM TV);
1822-1823 (IT FG);
1824 (EM PG);
1825, 1827-1830 (EM IR).