1/2 Poltina, Peter I, Russia, 1705
date: label: date made
content: 1705
name: label: ruler
content: Peter I
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: One (1) 1/2 poltina coin, Peter I
label: Description (Brief)
content: Russia, 1705
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Image: Bust of Peter I facing right.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Text: ЦРЬ ПЕТРЪ АЛЕѮIЕВИЧЪ ВСЕѦ РОСIИ ПОВЕЛIТЕЉ [Tsar Peter Alekseyevich the sovereign of all Russia]
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Image: Center the Russian coat-of-arms, a double-headed eagle grasping an orb and scepter grasped in its talons.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Text: [Half poltina]
label: Description
content: This 1/2 poltina coin was minted in Russia in 1705 under Peter I. Better known as Peter the Great, he ruled Russia from 1689-1725. Peter l founded Saint Petersburg in 1703 and brought Western culture to Orthodox Russia.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Russia
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content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
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content: Russian Coins and Jetons
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content: Coins, Currency and Medals
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content: Grand Duke Georgii Mikhailovich Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Willis H. du Pont
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: NU.NU61405
label: catalog number
content: NU61405
label: accession number
content: 210914
objectType: label: Object Name
content: coin
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silver (overall metal)
label: Measurements
content: overall: .14 cm x 2.99 cm; 1/16 in x 1 3/16 in