1 ruble — Russian Empire (1898) — Unveiling of the monument to Alexander II in the Moscow Kremlin
Y# 61
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Obverse
Designer/engraver: A. G. (Apollon Grasgof)
Reverse
Designer/engraver: A. G. (Apollon Grasgof)
Special facts
A silver rouble of 1898 commemorating the unveiling of the monument to Alexander II in the Moscow Kremlin: Alexander Opekushin's statue stood within a tented gallery; the monument was unveiled in August 1898 and pulled down in 1918.
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: 1898
Specifications
- Period
- Nicholas II
- Currency
- 1 ruble = 100 kopecks
- Issue type
- Collector
- 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"
- 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
- 1898
- 1 ruble (1898) — Unveiling of the monument to Alexander II in the Moscow Kremlin Y# 61
- 1912
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1 ruble (1912) — Centennial of the Patriotic War of 1812 (defeat of Napoleon)
Y# 68
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1 ruble (1912) — Unveiling of the monument to Alexander III in Moscow
Y# 69
- 1914
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1 ruble (1914) — 200th anniversary of the Battle of Gangut
Y# 71
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