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11/2 Rouble / 10 Zlotys - Nikolai I Imperial Family, 'П.У.'
| Issuer | Imperial Russian Mint |
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| Year | 1836 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Reverse description | Central draped bust of Empress Alexandra Feodorovna facing right, surrounded by five smaller busts of the Imperial children arranged in a semicircular grouping, all rendered in high relief in a neoclassical medallic style. The composition presents the Imperial Family as a dynastic portrait group, with each bust individually detailed. The design is enclosed within an ornamental border of oval links matching that of the obverse, with the plain field providing strong contrast to the richly worked portraiture. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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The 1½ Rouble / 10 Złotych family portrait coins were struck in very small numbers as presentation pieces — not for commerce — during the period when Russia administered the Kingdom of Poland following the failed November Uprising of 1830–31. The dual denomination was a political calculation: acknowledging Polish monetary convention while asserting Romanov authority over a territory whose autonomous constitution Nicholas I had just abolished.
The initials 'П.У.' on this piece identify it as the work of Павел Уткин (Pavel Utkin), the mint engraver responsible for the portrait dies. Multiple catalog references reflect genuine die differences between family members depicted, not mere reclassification.