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1 Chervonets Nicholas I
| Issuer | Russia › Russian Federation (1991-date) |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse lettering | ВЕЛИКАЯ РОССИЯ ОДИН ЧЕРВОНЕЦ |
| Reverse description | Central field bears a uniformed bust of Emperor Nicholas I facing left, depicted in military dress with epaulettes visible on his shoulders. The inscription НИКОЛАЙ I appears in an arc along the upper periphery of the coin, identifying the portrait. The likeness is rendered in a neoclassical portrait style referencing 19th-century imperial Russian iconography. |
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The chervonets (червонец) was historically a gold coin of ten rubles, issued under the tsars and later revived by the Soviet government in 1923 as a hard-currency stabilization tool during the NEP period. This piece is a modern Russian Federation restrike or commemorative issue, gold-plated rather than solid gold — a distinction that places it firmly outside the bullion or numismatic investment category.
Nicholas I reigned from 1825 to 1855, a period bookended by the Decembrist revolt and the Crimean War.