fwo_1101479 - RUSSIA - ALEXANDER II 5 Kopecks 1857 Saint-Petersbourg
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Type : 5 Kopecks
Date: 1857
Mint name / Town : Saint-Petersbourg
Quantity minted : 80003
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 868 ‰
Diameter : 15 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 1,03 g.
Edge : striée
Rarity : R1
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Obverse
Obverse description : Aigle bicéphale héraldique couronné.
Reverse
Reverse legend : (LÉGENDE CYRILLIQUE).
Reverse description : légende sur quatre lignes dans une couronne végétale ouverte, surmontée d’une couronne.
Historical background
RUSSIA - ALEXANDER II
(2/03/1855-13/03/1881)
Alexander II Nikolaevich (29/04/1818-13/03/1881), son of Nicolas and Alexandra of Prussia, succeeded his father, ended the Crimean War and signed the Treaty of Paris. Reformer, he emancipates the serfs and tries to modernize the country. Autocrat, he crushed the Polish revolt of 1863. Politically, he favored pan-Slavism and fought effectively against Turkey, which he crushed in 1876-1878. The Treaty of San Stefano and the Congress of Berlin in 1878 marked Russia's resounding return to the international political scene. The Russians and Austro-Hungarians now control the Balkans. Alexander II perished by a bomb near the Mikhailovsky Palace in 1881.
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