Description
Russian Empire, Nicholas I of the House of Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov, Emperor of Russia, King of Congress Poland and Grand Duke of Finland 1825-1855 AD, Silver Rouble, 1834, Alexander I Column commemorative issue, Saint Petersburg mint. Obverse: Bare head of the late Emperor Alexander I facing to the right, engraver’s name “GUBE.F.” (Heinrich Gube), Cyrillic legend surrounds, “АЛЕКСАНДРЪ ПЕРВЫЙ Б.М. ИМПЕРАТОР Ъ ВСЕ РОС.”. Reverse: View of the Alexander I Column, denomination in Cyrillic “1. РУБЛЬ” in exergue, Cyrillic legend ending with the date surrounds, “АЛЕКСАНДРУ ПЕРВОМУ БЛАГОДАРНАЯ РОССİЯ.”. Craig-169; Bitkin-894. Certified and graded by NGC as Almost Uncirculated 55. Supremely toned with an attractive cabinet grey patina, attractive in hand.
The obverse Cyrillic legend reads “Алекса́ндр Первый, Mи́лости Бо́га, импера́тор всей Pоссі́йскій” (transliterated as ‘Aleksándr pérvyj, mílosti Bóga, imperátor vsej rossíjskij’), with an English translation of “Alexander the First, of God’s grace, Emperor of all of Russia”. The reverse Cyrillic legend reads “Алекса́ндру пе́рвому, благодарная Россия” (transliterated as ‘Aleksándru pérvomu, blagodarnaya Rossiya’), with an English translation of “to Alexander the First, Grateful Russia”.
