fwo_924390 - RUSSIA - CATHERINE II 1 Denga (1/2 Kopeck) 1795 Ekaterinbourg
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Type : 1 Denga (1/2 Kopeck)
Date: 1795
Mint name / Town : Ekaterinbourg
Quantity minted : -
Metal : copper
Diameter : 21 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 4,45 g.
Edge : cordonnée
Rarity : R1
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : 17-93.
Obverse description : Monogramme de Catherine II.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ДЕНГА.
Reverse description : Saint George terrassant le dragon.
Historical background
RUSSIA - CATHERINE II
(07/17/1762-11/17/1796)
Catherine (2/05/1729-17/11/1796) was the greatest tsarina after Peter the Great. She succeeded her husband, Pierre III, who was deposed in 1762 before being assassinated by the Orloff brothers. His very long reign brought Russia into the "Age of Enlightenment". Friend of the philosophers including Diderot from whom she bought his library, liberal, she nevertheless reinforced the despotism and the nationalization of Russia. She fought against the Turks and was an opponent of the French Revolution.
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