Live auction - fwo_481194 - RUSSIA - NICHOLAS I Rouble 1840 Saint-Petersbourg
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| Estimate : | 450 € |
| Price : | no bid |
| Maximum bid : | no bid |
| End of the sale : | 05 June 2018 18:43:00 |
Type : Rouble
Date: 1840
Mint name / Town : Saint-Petersbourg
Quantity minted : 2600000
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 868 ‰
Diameter : 36 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 20,79 g.
Edge : décorée
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Bel exemplaire bien frappé et avec peu d’usure mais des petits coups sur le listel. La monnaie a été légèrement nettoyée
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : (LÉGENDE CYRILLIQUE).
Obverse description : Aigle bicéphale couronné timbré d'un écu aux armes de Moscou.
Reverse
Reverse description : Légende cyrillique dans une couronne formée d'une branche d'olivier et d'une branche de chêne surmontée d'une petite couronne.
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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