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Token - Saint Petersburg Botanical Garden

Location Russia
Year 1913
Type Souvenir token
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Obverse description Conjoined busts in right profile of Emperor Peter I (left) and Emperor Nicholas II (right) in high relief, set against a plain field. A laurel branch decorates the lower exergue. The circular legend surrounds the device with the imperial title in Cyrillic script.
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Obverse lettering Б.М. ПЕТРЪ I И НИКОЛАЙ II ИМП. И САМ. ВСЕРОССІЙСКІЕ
(Translation: By God's grace Peter I and Nikolai II Emperors and Autocrats of all Russia)
Reverse description A view of the Imperial St. Petersburg Botanical Garden greenhouse building in relief occupies the upper field. Below, flanking an open book device, oak branches frame the central legend. The dates 1713 and 1913 appear on either side of a dash, commemorating the bicentennial of the garden's founding.
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