fwo_931863 - RUSSIA - NICHOLAS I 5 Kopecks 1855 Saint-Petersbourg
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Type : 5 Kopecks
Date: 1855
Mint name / Town : Saint-Petersbourg
Quantity minted : 1000001
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 835 ‰
Diameter : 15 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 1,06 g.
Edge : striée
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
collection A. J. G. L.
Obverse
Obverse legend : (LÉGENDE CYRILLIQUE) ПА.
Obverse description : Aigle bicéphale héraldique couronné.
Reverse
Reverse legend : (LÉGENDE CYRILLIQUE) 5 / КОПѢЕКЪ / 1851 / С.П.Б..
Reverse description : légende sur quatre lignes dans une couronne végétale ouverte, surmontée d’une 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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