fwo_915191 - RUSSIA - CATHERINE II 5 Kopecks 1779 Ekaterinbourg
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Type : 5 Kopecks
Date: 1779
Mint name / Town : Ekaterinbourg
Quantity minted : 27000000
Metal : copper
Diameter : 40,90 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 56,76 g.
Edge : maclée
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Obverse
Obverse legend : 1779.
Obverse description : Monogramme de l’impératrice Catherine II, sous une couronne, dans une couronne végétale nouée en bas par un ruban ; de part et d’autre du monogramme la date.
Reverse
Reverse legend : (LÉGENDE CYRILLIQUE).
Reverse description : Aigle bicéphale couronnée, sous une couronne, portant en cœur un évu ovale ; un sceptre et un globe crucigère dans les pattes ; au-dessous les lettres d’atelier.
Reverse translation : (Cinq kopecks).
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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