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1 ruble — Russian Empire (1724–1725)

KM# 166

Obverse
Obverse
Reverse
Reverse

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Special facts

The “sun rouble” of 1724–1725 is the first rouble of the Saint Petersburg Mint. At the centre of the cross of monograms on the reverse is a dot with rays that looks like the sun, hence the nickname; it comes with the letters “SPB” under the portrait and without them.

About the period

The coins of Peter I belong to the time of the monetary reform that took Russia from small silver "scale" coins to round coins of the modern kind and to decimal reckoning: one rouble equals one hundred kopecks. More about the period “Peter I”, 1700 — 1725

Coins and banknotes of these years: 1724, 1725

Specifications

Period
Peter I
Currency
1 ruble = 100 kopecks
Issue type
Circulation
Distinguishing feature
Solar Rouble
Metal
Silver
Fineness
728
Precious metal weight
20.704 g
Diameter
43.5 mm
Weight
28.44 g
Shape
Round
Orientation
Medal (↑↑)

Value by metal weight

≈ $37.1

Not the coin's market price, but the value of the metal in it — at the average metal price over the last week.

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Year Mint Mintage Price Details
1724 — — Estimate KM# 166.1 + ☆
1724 SPB — Estimate KM# 166 + ☆
1725 — — Estimate KM# 166.1 + ☆
1725 SPB — Estimate KM# 166 + ☆
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.

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