20 kopeks 1764 Russia Empire Siberian Coin

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20 kopeks 1764 Russia Empire Siberian Coin:
$8.15

20 kopeks 1764 Russia Empire Siberian Coin
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Catherine was the wife of Czar Peter III, who was forced to hand over the throne to her. Catherine, a German princess from the small principality of Anhalt-Zerbst, was one of Russia’s greatest rulers. Her victorious wars against the Turks brought the Crimea and the Black Sea coast to Russia. She was the first to consult the population, at least in part, in the legislative commission of 1767. Catherine reorganized Russian local government and issued a charter of rights to the nobility. During her reign Enlightenment thought and culture reached their apogee in Russia, a process she personally encouraged. Her participation in the partitions of Poland brought most of the Ukraine, Belarus, and Lithuania into the Russian empire, ensuring Russia’s role as a major power.

Catherine had inherited Shuvalov’s plan to double the face value of the existing copper coinage and to reduce the fineness of the silver coinage. She firmly rejected the devaluation of the copper coinage and had Peter III’s already overstruck coppers overstruck again to restore them to their original value.