Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Russian Empire, Sestroretsk Rouble (1771)
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![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Russia_1771_Sestroretsk_Rouble.jpg/350px-Russia_1771_Sestroretsk_Rouble.jpg)
- 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.
- Support as nominator – Godot13 (talk) 01:46, 3 September 2015 (UTC)
- Support Little plates for Russian mice; how civilized! Belle (talk) 07:50, 3 September 2015 (UTC)
- Support - If the plate weighs more than the mice. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 09:06, 3 September 2015 (UTC)
- Support --Tremonist (talk) 12:48, 3 September 2015 (UTC)
- Support – For EV – very unusual type of 'coinage,' if that's the word for it. Never heard of copper backing for paper currency. Sca (talk) 14:23, 3 September 2015 (UTC)
- First paragraph in the history section refers to it, no? Info came to me via the Smithsonian. I'll try to find some refs...--Godot13 (talk) 02:36, 4 September 2015 (UTC)
- Support -- Nice one -- DreamSparrow Chat 17:07, 3 September 2015 (UTC)
Promoted File:Russia 1771 Sestroretsk Rouble.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 01:47, 13 September 2015 (UTC)