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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Rhino89, post: 1050809, member: 21773&quot;]Great question <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> A lot of non-Russian speakers who have Russian coins don&#039;t know there is a system of nicknames for certain denominations of Russian coinage. Kind of like &quot;5 cents&quot; could also be &quot;half dime&quot;. The coin does not have a &quot;50&quot; anywhere, but right in the middle of the coin on the side with the globe and hammer/sickle, it has two words, which are read as &quot;odin poltinik&quot;. A &quot;poltina&quot; is the Russian nickname for a half rouble, or 50 kopek piece. &quot;odin&quot; just means &quot;one&quot;, meaning one of these halves. Here&#039;s a list of some other nicknames:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><ul> <li>¼ kopek – <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polushka" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polushka" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #0645ad">polushka</span></a></i></li> <li>½ kopek – <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denga" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denga" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #0645ad">denga</span></a></i> or <i>dénezhka</i></li> <li>2 kopek – <i>semishnik</i> (mostly obsolete by 20th century), <i>dvúshka</i> (20th century) or <i>grosh</i></li> <li>3 kopek – <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altyn" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altyn" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #0645ad">altyn</span></a></i> (mostly obsolete by the 1960s)</li> <li>5 kopek – <i>pyaták</i></li> <li>10 kopek – <i>grívennik</i></li> <li>15 kopek – <i>pyatialtýnny</i> (5 altyn; the usage lived longer than altyn)</li> <li>20 kopek – <i>dvugrívenny</i> (2 grivenniks)</li> <li>25 kopek – <i>polupoltínnik</i> (half poltínnik) or <i>chetverták</i> (from the Russian for ¼)</li> <li>50 kopek – <i>poltína</i> or <i>poltínnik</i></li> </ul><p> <ul> <li>1 ruble – <i>Tselkóvy</i> (целко́вый), meaning &quot;entire&quot; or &quot;whole&quot; (це́лый)</li> <li>5 rubles – <i>Pyatyórka</i> (пятёрка), <i>Pyaták</i> (пята́к), <i>Pyatachyók</i> (пятачо́к)</li> <li>10 rubles – <i>Chírik</i> (чи́рик), &quot;Chervónets&quot; (черво́нец) or <i>Desyátka</i> (деся́тка)</li> <li>50 rubles – <i>Poltínnik</i> (полти́нник) with some variants like <i>Poltishók</i> (полтишо́к)</li> <li>100 rubles – <i>Stólnik</i> (сто́льник), <i>Sótka</i> (сотка)</li> <li>500 rubles – <i>Pyatikhátka</i> (пятиха́тка), originally pyatikátka (пятика́тка)</li> <li>1000 rubles – <i>Kosár</i> (коса́рь), <i>Shtúka</i> (шту́ка) or a hybrid <i>Shtukár</i> (штукарь), &quot;Tónna&quot; (то́нна) (mostly in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Petersburg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Petersburg" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #0645ad">St. Peterbourg</span></a>)</li> <li>1,000,000 rubles – <i>Limón</i> (лимо́н), <i>Lyam</i> (лям)</li> <li>1,000,000,000 rubles – <i>Yárd</i> (ярд)</li> </ul><p>That list came from wikipedia: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_ruble" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_ruble" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_ruble</a>&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;&lt; a very intersting article by the way.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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