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2 Dukats - Elizabeth Double Chervonets, Trade Coinage
| Issuer | Imperial Russian Mint |
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| Year | 1751 |
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| Currency | Rouble (1700-1917) |
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| Reverse description | Full-length figure of Saint Andrew the Apostle standing at centre, his right hand raised in blessing; the date is divided in two numerals on either side of the figure. The month of issue appears as a Cyrillic inscription in the lower field. The composition follows the traditional Orthodox iconographic convention for the depiction of saints on Russian trade gold coinage of the Elizabethan period. |
| Reverse script | Cyrillic |
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Elizabeth Petrovna's double chervonets issues of 1751 were struck not for domestic circulation but for Russia's eastern trade networks, where gold by weight commanded more confidence than any state guarantee. The chervonets denomination itself derived from the Dutch ducat — Russian merchants and the court both understood that foreign partners trusted Venetian and Dutch gold standards far more than Romanov assurances, which is precisely why this coin was engineered to meet that expectation in fineness and weight.
Production was concentrated at the St. Petersburg mint under conditions of tight quality control unusual for the period. The .986 fineness was not accidental — it matched ducat standards closely enough to pass without argument in Persian and Central Asian bazaars.