Alexander II was the all-Russian emperor, the great Finnish prince and the king of Poland. He became one of the last and most important representatives of the Romanov dynasty. One of the sons of Alexandra Fedorovna and Nikolai Pavlovich.
A bit about the reforms of the emperor
His rule and contribution to Russian history is marked by the most important and large-scale reforms, with the help of which the ability to transform, improve and improve domestic policy and position in Russia. In the second half of the 19th century, the well-known serfdom was abolished, after which financial reform was legalized. In honor of this, the emperor was awarded a special award - the nickname Liberator. All this laid the strong and stable foundations of the country's capitalist economy.
Transformations and innovations in foreign policy were also successful: the Crimean War ended, and the North Caucasus, part of Georgia, the Far East, Turkestan, Transbaikalia, Central Asia and Bessarabia were annexed. At the end of the 19th century, the last war, the Russo-Turkish war, finally ended, as a result of which a peace treaty was concluded with the Ottoman Empire. Although without the detrimental consequences that affected the future of the country, it was not without. Due to economic instability and financial problems, in 1867 the United States bought Alaska from Russia.
Coins of Alexander 2
Sovereign Alexander II did not disregard the finances of the country. Since 1867, he reduced the weight of copper coins, which by that time had not changed their weight and external characteristics for fifty years (that is, until the revolution itself). The design of silver coins has changed, and they have not changed since then. In addition, an innovation appeared - a gold coin of Alexander 2 with a face value of three and five rubles.
Silver coins
Silver coins at that time were much more popular and attractive, which is why their design and issue was more beautiful and varied than gold ones. The smallest silver coin of Emperor Alexander 2 was a coin of five cents.
Further ascending were coins in denominations of ten, fifteen, twenty and twenty-five kopecks, as well as the ruble and a half dime. In one quarter of a penny, the price of a copper coin began. Under Alexander, two half-kopeck coins were minted, one, two, three, five and ten kopecks. In addition to all this, money remained in the system - the so-called former dengue was called in connection with the fact that it did not go out of circulation. Some of the copper coins of Alexander 2 had the inscription "A2" on the reverse side, and the other part was minted with a double-headed eagle.