Coins of Alexander 2 and the monetary system of the country during his reign

Alexander II was the All-Russian emperor, the great Finnish prince and the king of Poland. He became one of the last and most important representatives of the Romanov dynasty. One of the sons of Alexandra Fedorovna and Nikolai Pavlovich.

A little bit about the reforms of the emperor

His rule and contribution to Russian history is marked by major and large-scale reforms, through which he will succeed in transforming, improving and enhancing domestic policy and position in Russia. In the second half of the 19th century, all known serfdom was abolished, after which the financial reform was legalized. In honor of this the emperor was awarded a special award - the nickname Liberator. All this laid the firm and stable foundations of the capitalist economy of the country.

Transformations and innovations in foreign policy have also been crowned with success: the Crimean War was over, and the North Caucasus, part of Georgia, the Far East, Turkestan, Transbaikalia, Central Asia and Bessarabia were joined. At the end of the 19th century, the last Russian-Turkish war finally ended, following which a peace treaty was concluded with the Ottoman Empire. Although without damaging consequences, which affected the future of the country, too, there was not. Because of economic instability and financial problems in 1867, the United States bought Alaska from Russia.

Coins of Alexander 2

Sovereign Alexander II did not leave the country's finances without his attention. Since 1867, he reduced the weight of copper coins, which by that time had not changed their weight and external characteristics for fifty years (that is, until the revolution itself). The design of silver coins has changed, and they have not changed any more since that time. In addition, there was an innovation - a gold coin of Alexander 2 with a par value of three and five rubles.

Silver coins

Silver coins at that time were much more popular and attractive, why their design and release was more beautiful and diverse than gold. The smallest silver coin of Emperor Alexander 2 was a coin of five cents.

Then, ascending, there were coins of ten, fifteen, twenty and twenty-five kopecks in nominal value, as well as a ruble and a half-ruble. In one quarter of a penny the price of a copper coin began. Minted at Alexander 2 coins in polkopeyki, one, two, three, five and ten kopecks. In addition to all this, there was money left in the system - the so-called former dengue was called because it did not come out of circulation. Part of the copper coins of Alexander 2 had the inscription "A2" on the reverse side, and the other part was minted with a double-headed eagle.