1/2 Kopeck Russian Empire (1720-1917) Copper Alexander II of Russ ...

Russia, Emperor Alexander II. Copper ½ Kopek (Denga) Coin.

Mint Place: St. Petersburg
Denomination: ½ Kopek (Denga)

Condition: Crudely struck, otherwise about XF!
Material: Copper
Diameter: 16mm
Weight: 1.23gm
Obverse: Crown above value (½), denomination (“Kopeks”), date () and mint initials (С.П.Б.).
Reverse: Crown above cipher (II) of Alexander II of Russia within wreath.
Alexander II (Russian: Алекса́ндр II Никола́евич, tr. Aleksandr II Nikolaevich; IPA: [ɐlʲɪˈksandr ftɐˈroj nʲɪkɐˈlajɪvʲɪtɕ]; 29 April [O.S. 17 April] 1818 in Moscow – 13 March [O.S. 1 March] 1881 in Saint Petersburg) was the Emperor of Russia from 2 March 1855 until his assassination in 1881. He was also the King of Poland and the Grand Duke of Finland.

Alexander was the most successful Russian reformer since Peter the Great. His most important achievement was the emancipation of serfs in 1861, for which he became known as Alexander the Liberator (Russian: Алекса́ндр Освободи́тель, tr. Aleksandr Osvoboditel; IPA: [ɐlʲɪˈksandr ɐsvəbɐˈdʲitʲɪlʲ]). The tsar was responsible for numerous other reforms including reorganizing the judicial system, setting up elected local judges, abolishing capital punishment, promoting local self-government through the zemstvo system, imposing universal military service, ending some of the privileges of the nobility, and promoting the universities. Despite these reforms, during his reign, his brutal secret police, known as the Third Section, sent thousands of dissidents into exile in Siberia.
In foreign policy, Alexander sold Alaska to the United States in 1867, fearing the remote colony would fall into British hands if there was another war. He sought peace, moved away from bellicose France when Napoleon III fell in 1871, and in 1872 joined with Germany and Austria in the League of the Three Emperors that stabilized the European situation. Despite his otherwise pacifistic foreign policy, he fought a brief war with Turkey in 1877–78, pursued further expansion into Siberia and the Caucasus, and conquered Turkestan. Although disappointed by the results of the Congress of Berlin in 1878, Alexander abided by that agreement. Among his greatest domestic challenges was an uprising in Poland in 1863, to which he responded by stripping that land of its separate Constitution and incorporating it directly into Russia. Alexander was proposing additional parliamentary reforms to counter the rise of nascent revolutionary and anarchistic movements when he was assassinated in 1881.

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Alexander II. 1855-1881 1880 ½ Kopeck 1880, St. Petersburg Mint. 1,63 g. Bitkin 552. GM 26.14. Good extremely fine. ½ копейки 1880, СПб МД, 1,63 г. Биткин 552. ГМ 26,14. Лучше чем отличное.

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Alexander II. 1855-1881 1877 ½ Kopeck 1877, St. Petersburg Mint. 1,58 g. Bitkin 549. GM 23.23. Choice uncirculated. ½ копейки 1877, СПб МД, 1,58 г. Биткин 549. ГМ 23,23. Состояние исключительно превосходное.

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Alexander II. 1855-1881 1872 ½ Kopeck 1872, Ekaterinburg Mint. 1,48 g. Bitkin 437 (R). GM 18.14. Rare. Very fine to extremely fine. ½ копейки 1872, Екатеринбургский МД. 1,48 г. Биткин 437 (R). ГМ 18,14. Редкие. Очень хорошее-отличное.

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Alexander II. 1855-1881 1870 ½ Kopeck 1870, Ekaterinburg Mint. 1,51 g. Bitkin 435. GM 16.14. Very fine to extremely fine. ½ копейки 1870, Екатеринбургский МД, 1,51 г. Биткин 435. ГМ 16,14. Очень хорошее-отличное.

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Alexander II. 1855-1881 1869 ½ Kopeck 1869, St. Petersburg Mint. 1,94 g. Bitkin 545 (R). GM 15.20. About extremely fine. ½ копейки 1869, СПб МД, 1,94 г. Биткин 545 (R). ГМ 15,20. Практически отличное.

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Alexander II. 1855-1881 1868 ½ Kopeck 1868, Ekaterinburg Mint. 1,49 g. Bitkin 433. GM 14.13. Uncirculated. ½ копейки 1868, Екатеринбургский МД. 1,49 г. Биткин 433. ГМ 14,13. Превосходное.

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POLAND - XIX century; Poland - Russian annexation. 30 kopiejek (kopecks) = 2 złote (zlotys) 1836, Warszawa, cyfra 6 zwykła, Plage 374, Bitkin 1153, nierówna patyna - GRADE: II-/III+ ( EF-/VF+ )

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POLAND - XIX century; Poland - Russian annexation. 30 kopiejek (kopecks) = 2 złote (zlotys) 1836, Warszawa, cyfra 6 zakręcona, Plage 373, Bitkin 1153, rysy na tle - GRADE: II/II+ ( EF/EF+ )

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POLAND - XIX century; Poland - Russian annexation. 30 kopiejek (kopecks) = 2 złote (zlotys) 1839, Warszawa, Plage 378, Bitkin 1159 - GRADE: II ( EF )
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