Medals and Coins of the age of Peter the Great. The Hermitage Collection. 1974

The material of the present album is directly connected with the outstanding personality of Peter the Great, who took a steady interest in medals as historical documents. A number of medals reproduced in this book originally belonged to Peter's personal collection, which formed the basis of the numismatic Kunstkammer of the Academy of Sciences, later transformed to the Hermitage.
Size: 29,5 cm X 22,5 cm. Hardcover. Used. Condition very good. 68 photographs in full colour. 120 pages. Languages: English and Russian.

Russia, Catherine II 1762-1796. 5 Kopeks 1777 EМ, Jekaterinburg, Bitkin 626, Copper 41 mm, weight 46,78 g., Condition aUNC/XF+, beautiful patina, glossy background.

Russia, Anna Ivanovna 1730-1740. Bronze medal commemorating peace with Turkey, 1739, by S. Yudin, Diakov 81.3, Reichel 1821, Bronze 61 mm, weight 88,60 g., Condition XF+/aUNC, minor edge nicks and scratched surface on obverse, nice brown patina.

Bukhara. AV Tilla AH 1235 / 1821 AD, Khanate Haidar Tora 1800-1826 AD, KM 52, date both sides, Gold 20 mm, Weight 4,56 g., Condition NGC UNC Details - cleaned, beautifully preserved and rare

Russia 5 Kopeks 1848 HI, St. Petersburg, Nicholas I 1826-1855, Bitkin 404, KM C# 163, Silver 15 mm, weight 1,04 g. .868, Condition NGC MS 64, patina

Russia, 5 Kopeks 1782 EM, Ekaterinburg, Catherine II 1762-1896, Bitkin 633, KM C# 59.3, Copper 40 mm, weight 45,67 g., Condition VF/VF+, nice brown patina

Russia 10 Kopeks 1775 KM, Suzun, for Siberia, Catherine II 1762-1796, Bitkin 1029, Copper 45 mm, weight 63,9 g., Condition NGC MS 63 BN, dark patina, very attractive specimen, rare it this grade

Russia, Nicholas II 1894-1917. Set 4 pcs.: 50 Kopeks 1896 (★) x 2, 1897 (★), Paris, 1899 (ФЗ), St. Petersburg, Bitkin 196, 197, 77, KM Y# 58.1, 58,2, Silver 26,75 mm, weight 9,73 g.,9,84 g., 9,70 g., 8,82 g. .900, Condition Fine, grey patina

Russia 15 Kopeks 1860 СПБ-ФБ, St. Petersburg, Alexander II 1854-1881, Bitkin 182 R, KM -, Silver 19,8 mm, weight 3,06 g. .750, Condition NGC MS 64, surface Prooflike, beautiful piece, rare it this condition

Russia, Nicholas II 1894-1917. 15 Kopeks 1916 BC, St. Petersburg, Bitkin 143, KM Y# 21a.3, Silver 19,7 mm, weight 2,73 g. .500, Condition UNC, beautiful golden patina, mint state specimen

Russia, Alexander II 1854-1881. 15 Kopeks 1864 (HФ), St. Petersburg, Bitkin 189, KM# Y 21, Silver 19,8 mm, weight 2,98 g., Condition VF, grey patina

Poland, Congress Kingdom of Poland 1815-1864. Grosz 1836 / MW, Warszawa, Nicholas I 1826-1855, Chałupski b/a, Plage 243, Bitkin 1213, Berezowski 0.40 zł, Bitkin 1214, big eagle, Copper 20 mm, weight 2,77 g., Condition NGC MS 64 BN, Top grade NGC!!, very rare in this condition

Russia 1 Kopek 1832 ЕМ-ФХ, Ekaterinburg, Nicholas I 1826-1855, Bitkin 518, KM C# 138.1, Copper 24 mm, weight ca. 4,5 g., Condition NGC MS 62 BN,nice patina

Poland / Russian occupation, Nicholas I 1826-1855. Rouble 1847 MW, Warsaw mint, Bitkin 428, Plage 439, Kopicki 9581, Silver 36 mm, weight 20,71 g., Condition XF/VF+, fine grey patina, beautiful mint mirror on obverse, attractive specimen

Russia, 2 Kopeks 1757, Ekaterinburg, Elizabeth 1741-1762, Bitkin 391, KM C# 7.2, Copper 31 mm, weight 19,12 g., Condition Fine/aVF