fwo_907529 - RUSSIA - NICHOLAS I 1 Kopeck 1842 Saint Petersbourg
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Type : 1 Kopeck
Date: 1842
Mint name / Town : Saint Petersbourg
Quantity minted : 11200000
Metal : copper
Diameter : 27,34 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 11,65 g.
Edge : lisse
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : (LÉGENDE EN CYRILLIQUE) Н I.
Obverse description : monogramme Nicolas Ier sous la couronne impériale.
Reverse
Reverse legend : (LÉGENDE EN CYRILLIQUE) ❁ 1 ❁ / КОПѢЙКА / СЕРЕБРОМЪ / 1842. / C. P. М..
Reverse description : dans le champ.
Historical background
RUSSIA - NICHOLAS I
(1/12/1825-2/03/1855)
Nicholas I (7/07/1796-2/03/1855), second son of Paul I, is the brother of Alexander I and Grand Duke Constantin. On the death of his brother Alexander I, on December 1, 1825, and after the renunciation of his brother Constantine, he became Tsar of all the Russias and began by repressing the liberal movement of the Decembrists and then the uprising in Poland in 1831. After favoring the liberation of Greece, he poses as a defender of the Slavs and opposes the Turks. He finds on his way the English and the French. He died before the defeat of the Crimean War.
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