Rouble 1914. ВС (on edge). On the bicentenary of the sea-battle of Gangut.

Silver 19.98gr. In PROOF condition. Uzd№4195(line), Bitkin№337(R2). Initially a total of 30,300 coins of this type were issued. According to I.G.Spassky, a maximum of 150 coins of 30,300 have "survived", whereas the rest were used in the early 1920s as a material for silver roubles of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic and the Soviet Union. In 1927, a fairly great number of Novodels of this coin were struck for sale through the Soviet Philatelic Association. "Hybrid" coins can be found among "Gangut" roubles. Those coins were struck with the only polished die. According to Uzdennikov, it is safe to say that these coins can be considered Novodels. PCGS encapsulated coin (PF 63).