2 rubles — Russian Empire (1721–1725)

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Special facts

The 2 roubles of 1721–1725, a type the Krasny Mint struck every year to the end of the reign; from 1723 Peter appears on it in antique armour.

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: 1721, 1722, 1723, 1724, 1725

Other items of the period

• Poltina (1712) KM# 137
• Poltina (1718–1722) KM# 156
• Poltina (1723–1725) KM# 159
• Poltina (1725) KM# 161
  СПБ
• 1 ruble (1704–1705) KM# 122
• 1 ruble (1707) KM# 130
  Moscow Rouble
• 1 ruble (1710) KM# 130
• 1 ruble (1712) KM# 138
  Moscow Rouble
• 1 ruble (1714) KM# 149
  Moscow Rouble
• 1 ruble (1718–1721) KM# 157
• 1 ruble (1722–1725) KM# 162
• 1 ruble (1724–1725) KM# 166
  Solar Rouble
• 2 rubles (1718–1720) KM# 158
• 2 rubles (1720–1721) KM# 158
• 2 rubles (1721–1725) KM# 158
• 1 chervonets (1701–1705) KM# 107
• 1 chervonets (1706–1710) KM# 125
• 1 chervonets (1707) KM# 131
• 1 chervonets (1710–1711) KM# 133
• 1 chervonets (1712) KM# 139
• 1 chervonets (1712–1714) KM# 140
• 1 chervonets (1712) KM# A134
• 1 chervonets (1716) KM# 151
• 2 chervonetses (1701–1702) KM# 108
• 2 chervonetses (1714) KM# 150