fwo_1171827 - RUSSIA - ALEXANDER II 5 roubles or 1876 Saint-Pétersbourg
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Type : 5 roubles or
Date: 1876
Mint name / Town : Saint-Pétersbourg
Quantity minted : 6000000
Metal : gold
Millesimal fineness : 917 ‰
Diameter : 22 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 6,52 g.
Edge : cordonnée
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE H - I.
Obverse description : Aigle bicéphale couronnée.
Reverse
Reverse legend : (LÉGENDE CYRILLIQUE).
Reverse description : Au centre en trois lignes : *5*/ ROUBLES/ (millésime).
Reverse translation : (5 roubles/ 1876/ Saint-Pétersbourg/ Or pur 1 zolotnik 39 dolas).
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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