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1873, Russia, Emperor Alexander II.  Gold 5 Roubles Coin.


Mint Year: 1873
Denomination: Gold 5 Roubles
Mint Place: St. Petersburg (С.П.Б.)
Mint Master: Nicholai Iossa (H-I, 1848-1877)
Reference: Friedberg 163, Bitkin 22, KM-B26. R!

Material: Gold (.917)

Weight: 6.54gm


Obverse: Large value numeral (5), flanked by rosettes. Denomination (“ROUBLES”), arabesques, date (1873) and mint initials (С.П.Б.) below.
Legend: "* PURE GOLD 1 ZOLOTNIK 39 DOLS"



Reverse:
Large crown above crowned double headed eagle, holding imperial scepter and orb. Mint master`s H-I initials below.


Alexander II (Russian: Алекса́ндр II Никола́евич, tr. Aleksandr II Nikolaevich;  29 April [O.S. 17 April] 1818 in Moscow – 13 March [O.S. 1 March] 1881 in Saint Petersburg) was the Emperor of Russia from 2 March 1855 until his assassination in 1881. He was also the King of Poland and the Grand Duke of Finland.


Alexander’s most significant reform as emperor was emancipation of Russia’s serfs in 1861, for which he is known as Alexander the Liberator.   The tsar was responsible for other reforms, including reorganizing the   judicial system, setting up elected local judges, abolishing corporal   punishment, promoting local self-government through the zemstvo system, imposing universal military service, ending some privileges of the nobility, and promoting university education.


In foreign policy, Alexander sold Alaska to the United States in 1867, fearing the remote colony would fall into   British hands if there were another war. He sought peace, moved away   from bellicose France when Napoleon III fell in 1871, and in 1872 joined   with Germany and Austria in the League of the Three Emperors that stabilized the European situation. Despite his otherwise pacific   foreign policy, he fought a brief war with Turkey in 1877–78, pursued   further expansion into Siberia and the Caucasus, and conquered Turkestan. Although disappointed by the results of the Congress of Berlin in 1878, Alexander abided by that agreement. Among his greatest domestic challenges was an uprising in Poland in 1863,   to which he responded by stripping that land of its separate   constitution and incorporating it directly into Russia. Alexander was   proposing additional parliamentary reforms to counter the rise of   nascent revolutionary and anarchistic movements when he was assassinated   in 1881.

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Posted by: anonymous  2015-08-20
RUSSIAN COINS Alexander II, 1855-1881 5 Roubles 1859 CПБ-ПФ. GOLD. Fr 163, Bit 5. Minor marks and hairlines. Still choice and well better than most coins of the type Choice uncirculated

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Posted by: anonymous  2015-08-24
WORLD COINS. RUSSIA. Alexander II (1855-1881), Gold 5-Roubles, 1857 AГ , St Petersburg mint, 6.54g (Bitkin 3; F 163). Few hairlines, minor marks on reverse mainly, otherwise extremely fine. £500-600

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Posted by: anonymous  2015-08-21
RUSSIAN COINS. Alexander II, 1855-1881. 5 Roubles 1873 -HI. GOLD. Bit 21, Fr 163, Sev 494. Authenticated and graded by NGC MS 63. Choice brilliant uncirculated US$ 1,000

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Posted by: anonymous  2015-08-18
Russian Coins and Historical Medals. Alexander II, 1855-1881 Gold Coinage 5 Roubles 1868 СПБ-HI. GOLD. 6.56 gm. Fr 163, Bit 16, Sev 484 (S), Uzd 0252 (S). Authenticated and graded by NGC MS 62. Mint lustre. Choice uncirculated

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Posted by: anonymous  2015-08-18
Russian Coins and Historical Medals. Alexander II, 1855-1881 Gold Coinage 5 Roubles 1877 СПБ-НI. GOLD. Fr 163, Bit 25, Sev 504, Uzd 0269 (S). Lustre over numerous scratches. Extremely fine

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Posted by: anonymous  2015-08-18
Russian Coins and Historical Medals. Alexander II, 1855-1881 Gold Coinage 5 Roubles 1877 СПБ-НI. GOLD. 6.55 gm. Fr 163, Bit 25, Sev 504, Uzd 0269 (S). Authenticated and graded by PCGC AU 58+. Choice about uncirculated
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