This coin is from “The Sincona Collection II - Part 1” With the expertise by the Society of Friends to the State Historical Museum, signed by I.V. Shiryakov According to the expertise the coin is "of exceptionally great interest as numismatic monument" Collector’s note in Russian: “1755, Elizabeth, 5 R(oubles), gold” Because of its rarity such a coin was not in the famous „Russian Coins from 14th to 18th Centuries. Collection of Duplicates from Russian Museums“. Adolph Hess auction 210, 25th of April 1932! This coin is very important because 1)In 1755 an important and successful reform of Russian coinage was instituted and among other measures 5 and 10 rouble coins were introduced. 2)This coin was an (unsuccessful) attempt to return to the depiction of St. Andrew – the heavenly protector of Russia - on coins, as introduced by Peter I. 3)Uzdenikov places this coin to a small group of novodels (this group was first noted in 1904 by Giel & Iljin) of special scientific interest.
Эта монета из «Коллекции Синкона II – Часть 1» С экспертным заключением Общества друзей Государственного исторического музея за подписью И.В.Ширякова Согласно экспертизе монета представляет «исключительно большой интерес как нумизматический памятник» Заме
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