Item number: A2662

Year: AD 1912

Material: Silver

Size: 33.6 x 33.6 x 2.6 mm

Weight: 19.95 g

Manufactured by: St. Petersburg Mint

Provenance: Da Chen Stamps and Coins Collection 2014

This is a silver coin with a denomination of one rouble minted in AD 1912. The obverse side features a left-facing portrait of Nicholas II, the last Tsar of Russia. Surrounding the portrait are inscriptions in Old Russian script, “Б.М.НИКОЛАЙ II ИМПЕРАТОРЪ” and “И САМОДЕРЖЕЦЪ ВСЕРОСС,” which translate to “By the grace of God Nicholas II Emperor” and “Autocrat of All Russia” respectively. On the reverse side is the double-headed eagle emblem, symbolising the Romanov dynasty, with the denomination and year of production, “1912,” inscribed below.

The coin’s edge features an engraved inscription that reads: “ЧИСТАГО СЕРЕБРА 4 ЗОЛОТНИКА 21 ДОЛѦ ( Э•Б )”, which translates to “Pure silver 4 zolotniks 21 dolyas.” The zolotnik was a historical Russian unit of weight used for measuring silver, equivalent to 4.2658 grams. The characters “Э•Б” in parentheses are the initials of Yegor Babayan, who was the director of the St. Petersburg Mint at the time.

In AD 1896, under the initiative of Sergei Witte, the Finance Minister of Russia at the time, Russia implemented the gold standard reform for the rouble, pegging it to the value of gold. To meet the demand for gold coins due to the public’s exchange of paper money for gold, Russian domestic mints focused on gold coin production. Consequently, the Russian government commissioned the mints in Paris and Brussels to mint silver coins, while the Birmingham Mint in England was tasked with minting copper coins. These foreign-minted coins were intended to supplement the production of Russian domestic mints. Nevertheless, as the largest minting facility in the country, the St. Petersburg Mint remained engaged in the simultaneous production of both gold and silver coins.

物件編號: A2662

年代: 公元 1912 年

材質: 銀

尺寸: 33.6 x 33.6 x 2.6 mm

重量: 19.95 g

製造地: 聖彼得堡造幣廠

來源: 大城郵幣社 2014

這是一枚公元1912年鑄造的1盧布面額銀幣。硬幣正面是俄國末代沙皇尼古拉二世的左側肖像，肖像兩側以俄羅斯帝國的舊俄文鐫刻「Б.М.НИКОЛАЙ II ИМПЕРАТОРЪ」和「И САМОДЕРЖЕЦЪ ВСЕРОСС」，意思分別是「神明庇佑的尼古拉二世皇帝」和「全俄羅斯的獨裁者」頭銜。硬幣背面是象徵羅曼諾夫皇室的雙頭鷹國徽，下方則寫上面額和出廠年份「1912」字樣。

硬幣邊緣打印「ЧИСТАГО СЕРЕБРА 4 ЗОЛОТНИКА 21 ДОЛѦ ( Э•Б )」意思是「純銀 4 佐洛特尼克 21份」。佐洛特尼克是俄羅斯舊時秤量白銀的計重單位，相當於4.2658克。括號內的「Э•Б」是時任聖彼得堡造幣廠廠長，埃利庫姆·巴巴揚茨的姓名縮寫。

公元1896年，時任俄羅斯財政大臣的維特推動盧布金本位改革，推行跟黃金等價的盧布紙幣。為應對民間以紙幣兌換黃金的需求，俄國國內鑄幣廠將主力投入金幣生產，故先後委託巴黎和布魯塞爾鑄造銀幣，英國伯明罕造幣廠則負責銅幣。不過聖彼得堡造幣廠作為國內規模最大的造幣廠，仍有同時進行金幣和銀幣的鑄造作業。