fwo_969468 - RUSSIA - ALEXANDER II 25 Kopecks 1859 Saint-Petersbourg
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Type : 25 Kopecks
Date: 1859
Mint name / Town : Saint-Petersbourg
Quantity minted : 4400000
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 868 ‰
Diameter : 24 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 5,17 g.
Edge : décorée
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Léger nettoyage
Catalogue references :
KM.19/23 - Bitkin131
Obverse
Obverse legend : LÉGENDE CYRILLIQUE.
Obverse description : Aigle bicéphale couronné timbré d'un écu aux armes de Moscou.
Obverse translation : (Argent pur 1 zolotniks 5 1/4 dolas).
Reverse
Reverse legend : LÉGENDE CYRILLIQUE.
Reverse description : dans une couronne formée d'une branche d'olivier et d'une branche de chêne surmontée d'une petite couronne.
Reverse translation : (25 kopecks).
Historical background
RUSSIA - ALEXANDER II
(2/03/1855-13/03/1881)
Alexander II Nikolaevich (29/04/1818-13/03/1881), son of Nicolas and Alexandra of Prussia, succeeded his father, ended the Crimean War and signed the Treaty of Paris. Reformer, he emancipates the serfs and tries to modernize the country. Autocrat, he crushed the Polish revolt of 1863. Politically, he favored pan-Slavism and fought effectively against Turkey, which he crushed in 1876-1878. The Treaty of San Stefano and the Congress of Berlin in 1878 marked Russia's resounding return to the international political scene. The Russians and Austro-Hungarians now control the Balkans. Alexander II perished by a bomb near the Mikhailovsky Palace in 1881.
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