1 ruble — Russian Empire (1896) — Coronation of Nicholas II
Y# 60
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Obverse
Designer/engraver: A. G. (Apollon Grasgof)
Reverse
Designer/engraver: A. G. (Apollon Grasgof)
Special facts
An 1896 rouble for the coronation of Nicholas II in Moscow on 14 (26) May 1896.
About the period
The coins of Nicholas II are gold-standard coins: the Witte reform of 1897 tied the rouble to gold, and gold coins circulated freely alongside credit notes until the First World War. More about the period “Nicholas II”, 1894 — 1917
Coins and banknotes of this year: 1896
Specifications
- Period
- Nicholas II
- Currency
- 1 ruble = 100 kopecks
- Issue type
- Commemorative
- Mint mark
- Saint Petersburg Mint
- Metal
- Silver
- Fineness
- 900
- Precious metal weight
- 18.000 g
- Diameter
- 33.65 mm
- Thickness
- 2.5 mm
- Weight
- 20.0 g
- Shape
- Round
- Edge
- Lettered — "ЧИСТАГО СЕРЕБРА 4 ЗОЛОТНИКА 21 ДОЛѦ (А•Г)"
- Orientation
- Medal (↑↑)
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- SPB
- Saint Petersburg Mint. The mint in Saint Petersburg, founded in 1724 in the Peter and Paul Fortress. It was called the Petrograd Mint in 1914–1924 and the Leningrad Mint in 1924–1991.
Other items of the period
- 1896
- 1 ruble (1896) — Coronation of Nicholas II Y# 60
- 1913
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1 ruble (1913) — 300th anniversary of the House of Romanov
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