Struck for Czarina Catherine II (the Great) at the St. Petersburg Mint (mint markСПБ-АШ).
Certified by PCGS to XF 40.
Appears to be conservatively graded.
Superb portrait of the last Czarina to rule Russia.
Attractively toned with underlying luster, very appealing in hand!
Catherine the Great (Екатери́на Вели́кая, Yekaterina Velikaya), born Princess Sophie of Anhalt-Zerbst, was Empress of Russia from 1762 until 1796, the country's longest-ruling female leader. She came to power following a coup d'état that she organized resulting in her husband, Peter III, being overthrown. Under her reign, Russia was revitalized, grew larger and stronger, and wasrecognized as one of the great powers of Europe.