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OriginalRussian Empire, Catherine the Great, Sestroretsk Rouble (1771). This one-rouble coin was designed to be kept in the treasury as metallic backing for the country’s paper rouble issue. Solid copper, weighing just over 1.022 kg (2.25 lb), the Sestroretsk rouble has a diameter of 77 millimetres (3+3100 in) and is 26 millimetres (1+150 in) thick. For size perspective, it is essentially the same (+1mm) as a standard hockey puck.
Reason
High quality image, high EV, good condition, extremely rare, reportedly the largest copper coin ever issued.
Articles in which this image appears
Russian ruble, and newly added to Russian Empire
FP category for this image
Currency
Creator
Russian Empire (coin)
From the National Numismatic Collection, National Museum of American History.

Promoted File:Russia 1771 Sestroretsk Rouble.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 01:47, 13 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]