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Ruble - Anna
| Issuer | Saint Petersburg Mint |
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| Year | 1733-1734 |
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| Value | 1 Rouble (1 Рубль) |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing draped bust of Empress Anna Ioannovna, crowned with an imperial crown adorned with a cross, her hair styled in loose curls falling to the shoulder. The empress wears imperial robes with an ermine-lined mantle and a diagonal sash, notably without a brooch on the chest — a key distinguishing feature of this variety. The circular Cyrillic legend runs along the entire periphery of the field. |
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| Obverse lettering | Б∙М∙АННАIИМПЕРАТРИЦА∙IСАМОДЕРЖИЦА∙ВСЕРОСИСКАЯ (Translation: By God's grace Anna Empress and Autocrat of all Russia) |
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Anna Ioannovna's accession in 1730 came with strings attached — the Supreme Privy Council presented her with "Conditions" designed to strip the monarch of independent authority. She publicly tore them up eight days after signing. The rubles struck under her reign were among the first to assert an unambiguous autocratic image after that reversal, and the St. Petersburg Mint operated under close court scrutiny throughout her reign as a result.
KM#192.2 distinguishes itself from the .1 variety by die differences in the reverse legend spacing — a detail that matters considerably to specialists working the Anna series.