Russian coin: obverse: imperial crowned double headed eagle: ЧИСТАГО СЕРЕБРA 1 ЗОЛОТНИКЪ ДОЛЕЙ; translation clean silver 1 zolotnik (a unit of measurement equal to 4.2658 grams) of shareholders (this is a literal translation from a non-native speaker); reverse: ДВАДЦAТЬ ПЯТЬ КОПЪЕКЪ: 1859; C.П.B.; translation: twenty five kopecks C.P.V.; 1859; framed by wreath and topped with crown.
Donor:
Mary W. Knight
Collection place:
Russia
Verbatim coll. place:
Russia
Production place:
Russia
Culture or time period:
Russians
Collector:
H. M. Holbrook
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Coins (money)
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:
1859
Accession date:
1947
Department:
Europe and western Russia (except Classical Mediterranean)