fwo_1011845 - RUSSIA - CATHERINE II Polushka (1/4 kopeck) 1770 Ekaterinenbourg
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Type : Polushka (1/4 kopeck)
Date: 1770
Mint name / Town : Ekaterinenbourg
Quantity minted : 6040000
Metal : copper
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,47 g.
Edge : cordonnée
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Obverse description : Saint Georges terrassant le dragon, de part et d’autre du dragon E/M, au-dessous un phylactère avec .
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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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