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Ruble - Pyotr II
| Issuer | Kadashevsky Mint, Moscow |
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| Year | 1729 |
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| Weight | 28.44 g |
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| Reverse description | Central cruciform device composed of four interlaced Cyrillic letters П, forming a cross, with the numeral II appearing in each of the four corners of the cross. Imperial crowns are placed between the arms of the cross at the cardinal points. The denomination and date, split as 17 and 29, are incorporated into the legend surrounding the central design. A circular Cyrillic legend frames the entire composition within a toothed border. |
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| Edge | Lettered |
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Peter II ascended the throne at eleven years old in 1727, and his ruble coinage reflects the administrative chaos of a regency government more interested in factional infighting than monetary consistency. The Kadashevsky Mint — one of Moscow's two active silver facilities at the time — produced his rubles alongside the St. Petersburg and Red mints, resulting in overlapping die varieties that still frustrate attribution specialists.
The boy tsar died of smallpox in January 1730, aged fifteen, extinguishing the direct male Romanov line from Peter the Great. His entire reign produced fewer ruble varieties than most individual years under his predecessor.