Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Russian Empire, Sestroretsk Rouble (1771)

Russian Empire, Sestroretsk Rouble (1771)
Voting period ends on 13 Sep 2015  at 01:46:28 (UTC)
 * Reason:High quality image, high EV, good condition, extremely rare, reportedly the largest copper coin ever issued.
 * Articles in which this image appears: Russian ruble, and newly added to Russian Empire
 * FP category for this image:Currency
 * Creator: Russian Empire (coin) From the National Numismatic Collection, National Museum of American History.


 * Support as nominator – Godot13 (talk) 01:46, 3 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Support Little plates for Russian mice; how civilized! Belle (talk) 07:50, 3 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Support - If the plate weighs more than the mice. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 09:06, 3 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Support --Tremonist (talk) 12:48, 3 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Support – For EV – very unusual type of 'coinage,' if that's the word for it. Never heard of copper backing for paper currency. Sca (talk) 14:23, 3 September 2015 (UTC)
 * First paragraph in the history section refers to it, no? Info came to me via the Smithsonian. I'll try to find some refs...--Godot13 (talk) 02:36, 4 September 2015 (UTC)


 * Support -- Nice one -- DreamSparrow  Chat   17:07, 3 September 2015 (UTC)

--Armbrust The Homunculus 01:47, 13 September 2015 (UTC)