Live auction - fwo_438898 - RUSSIA - NICHOLAS I 2 Kopecks 1843 Saint-Petersbourg
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| Estimate : | 750 € |
| Price : | 520 € |
| Maximum bid : | 550 € |
| End of the sale : | 12 September 2017 18:17:10 |
| bidders : | 4 bidders |
Type : 2 Kopecks
Date: 1843
Mint name / Town : Saint-Petersbourg
Quantity minted : 4800000
Metal : copper
Diameter : 33 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 20,63 g.
Edge : lisse
Slab
PCGS : MS64
Coments on the condition:
La monnaie est sous coque PCGS MS64RB
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Monogramme couronné du tsar Nicolas Ier.
Reverse
Reverse legend : (VALEUR FACIALE).
Reverse description : dans le champ.
Reverse translation : (2 Kopecks / 1843).
Commentary
Cet exemplaire a très probablement été mis de côté juste après sa fabrication à Saint-Petersbourg et est rentré dans une collection ou a été offert à un personnage officiel. Il s’agit actuellement du plus haut grade référencé chez PCGS !.
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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