Copper Plate Money

Hi, i found this Copper Plate Money in the dunes. I don't know whether it is fake or not.
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/14/dsc00132zgz.jpg/
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/69/dsc00133fw.jpg/
Not best quality - photographed with mobile phone.

In the middle:
Цена
Рубль
Екатеринбурхъ
1726

translated into eng:
Price
Rouble
Catherine
1726

This "Copper Plate Money" may be counted to the coin type? I would like to get more information about this type of money.
Thanks!

EDIT: This is fake  

glad you can join us joriks, are you saying that is fake, there are russian ???

Hello :)
I joined Russian forum which discusses Catherine I times money. And they told me that this is fake. :/