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Rouble - Nicholas II Alexander II Memorial
| Issuer | Saint Petersburg Mint |
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| Year | 1898 |
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| Currency | Rouble (1700-1917) |
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| Obverse script | Cyrillic |
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| Reverse description | View of the Alexander II Memorial monument in the Moscow Kremlin, depicted in precise architectural detail: a central tall spired canopy sheltering a standing statue of the emperor, flanked by symmetrical colonnaded galleries terminating in corner pavilions with tent-shaped roofs, all rendered in a Russian Revival style. A small Imperial double-headed eagle appears at the apex of the central arch. The denomination РУБЛЬ. is inscribed in large Cyrillic characters in the lower field, with the location ВЪ КРЕМЛѢ МОСКОВСКОМЪ below. A curved Cyrillic legend in the upper field records the laying of the foundation by Alexander III in 1893 and the inauguration by Nicholas II in 1898. The whole design is enclosed within a dentilated border. |
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Issued to mark the unveiling of the Alexander II monument in Moscow, this rouble was authorized in 1898 — nearly two decades after the tsar's assassination by a Narodnaya Volya bomb in March 1881. The long delay between the murder and the memorial itself reflects the political caution of Alexander III's reign and the deliberate pace at which the Romanovs managed public commemoration of regicide.
Mintage was tightly controlled, and a significant portion of the issue went directly to court circles rather than circulation.