fwo_891128 - RUSSIA - CATHERINE II 20 Kopecks 1772 Saint-Petersbourg
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Type : 20 Kopecks
Date: 1772
Mint name / Town : Saint-Petersbourg
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 750 ‰
Diameter : 24,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 4,48 g.
Edge : cordonnée
Coments on the condition:
Patine légèrement tachée
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : (LÉGENDE CYRILLIQUE).
Obverse description : Buste à droite de Catherine II de Russie.
Obverse translation : (Par la grâce de Dieu, Catherine II impératrice et autocrate de toute la Russie).
Reverse
Reverse legend : ...1772....
Reverse description : Aigle bicéphale couronné, timbré d’un cartouche contenant “20”.
Commentary
Il est difficile de se procurer un exemplaire sans trop d’usure pour ce type, destiné à une circulation quotidienne et intensive. L‘exemplaire présenté ici est très beau.
Historical background
RUSSIA - CATHERINE II
(07/17/1762-11/17/1796)
Catherine (2/05/1729-17/11/1796) was the greatest tsarina after Peter the Great. She succeeded her husband, Pierre III, who was deposed in 1762 before being assassinated by the Orloff brothers. His very long reign brought Russia into the "Age of Enlightenment". Friend of the philosophers including Diderot from whom she bought his library, liberal, she nevertheless reinforced the despotism and the nationalization of Russia. She fought against the Turks and was an opponent of the French Revolution.
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