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| Issuer | St. Petersburg Mint |
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| Year | 1753 |
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| Value | 1 Thaler |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing draped bust of Peter (Charles Peter Ulrich, later Peter III of Russia) in baroque portrait style, wearing a cuirass adorned with decorative studs and a cross-shaped order badge at the truncation. The hair is elaborately curled and flows to the shoulder in the fashion of the mid-18th century. A mint mark 'S' appears below the bust truncation. The circular Latin legend surrounds the portrait along the periphery, within a finely reeded border. |
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| Obverse lettering | PETRUS D: G: MAGNUS DUX TOTIUS RUSSIÆ S |
| Reverse description | A crowned double-headed imperial eagle displayed at center, its wings spread, with two heraldic oval escutcheons on its breast bearing the quartered arms of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp. A small eagle is depicted at the base of the composition. The date 1753 appears at the top of the field flanking the imperial crown, with the mint mark 'P' below at the base. The full ducal titulature continues in Latin around the periphery within a reeded border. |
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