1912 - 1917 RUSSIA AU 500 & 100 ROUBLE 2 BANK NOTES PETER I & CATHERINE II

Description: REIGN OF NICHOLAS II (1894-1917) "EMPEROR AND AUTOCRAT OF ALL THE RUSSIAS", "THE LAST TSAR" HOUSE OF HOLSTEIN-GOTTORP-ROMANOV 2 IMPRESSIVELY MASSIVE PORTRAIT STATE ISSUED IMPERIAL NOTES AU CONDITION HARD TO FINE IN THIS HIGH GRADE 100 RUBLES- CATHERINE "THE GREAT" & 500 RUBLES - PETER "THE GREAT" KP # 13B 1910 (1912-1917 ISSUE) 100 ROUBLES NOTE FACE: WREATHED RUSSIAN IMPERIAL DOUBLE HEADED EAGLE ARMS ABOVE LEFT, A FRAMED TABLET WITH CYRILLIC LEGEND BELOW, DATE BENEATH; ABOVE RIGHT CROWNED ROYAL CYPHER OF NIKOLAI II, DENOMINATION WITHIN ORNATE FRAME BELOW; CENTER WITHIN ORNATE ARCHITECTURAL FRAME CYRILLIC LEGEND DIVIDED TOP AND BOTTOM WITH FLORAL SPRAYS ABOVE; TWO SIGNATURES BELOW RIGHT AND LEFT; LEFT PANEL WITH SERIAL NUMBER, DENOMINATION BOTTOM AND WATERMARK TOP. BACK: ALLEGORICAL FIGURE OF A FULL SANDING MALE YOUTH WITH SWORD LEFT, HILT DRAPED IN LAURELS; LEFT OF CENTER - ORNAMENTAL NEOCLASSICAL ARCHITECTURAL FRAME WITH FACING HEAD OF HERMES BELOW AND THE GLOBUS CRUCIGER (ORB) ABOVE, FRAME ENCIRCLING 3/4 SHOULDER PORTRAIT OF CATHERINE II; RIGHT OF CENTER THE ROYAL CYPHER OF CATHERINE II ("E" FOR "EKATERIN"), A STYLIZED CORNUCOPIA ABOVE; RIGHT - NEOCLASSICAL ARCHITECTURAL ORNAMENT WITH DENOMINATION AT TOP AND BOTTOM; RIGHT PANEL BLANK (WATERMARK). LARGE AMAZING WATERMARK PORTRAIT OF CATHERINE II IN BLANK FIELD WHEN HELD UP TO LIGHT MEASURES A GIANT 263 MM x 123 MM (10.3543" x 4.8425") CATHERINE II, "CATHERINE THE GREAT" (1729-1796), WAS A GERMAN BORN PRINCESS WHO, AT THE AGE OF 16, WAS MARRIED TO GRAND DUKE PETER, THE HEIR APPARENT TO THE RUSSIAN THRONE, IN 1762. SHE ADOPTED THE WAYS OF HER NEW HOMELAND, BUT HER HUSBAND WAS AN ADMIRER OF PRUSSIA, WHICH MADE HIM EXTREMELY UNPOPULAR. PETER WAS UNPOPULAR WITH CATHERINE TOO, SHE FOUND HIM DETESTABLE AND ECCENTRIC, AND TO COMPENSATE, SHE STARTED TAKING LOVERS TO FILL THE VOID PETER HAD CREATED. WHEN PETER BECAME TSAR IN 1762, HE REIGNED ONLY SIX-MONTHS BEFORE HE WAS DEPOSED IN FAVOR OF HIS WIFE CATHERINE. DURING HER REIGN, RUSSIA'S BORDERS EXPANDED SOME 200,000 SQUARE MILES, THE ARTS, LITERATURE AND EDUCATION FOR BOTH SEXES FLOURISHED, SHE CONTINUED THE POLICIES OF PETER THE GREAT TO MODERNIZE RUSSIA ALONG WESTERN LINES, AND RUSSIA BECAME RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF THE GREAT POWERS OF EUROPE. AN ENLIGHTENED DESPOT, SHE CORRESPONDED WITH MANY OF THE FRENCH PHILOSOPHERS OF THE "AGE OF ENLIGHTNMENT", LIKE VOLTAIRE, AND SOUGHT TO EMBODY THEIR PHILOSOPHIES IN HER GOVERNMENT. HER RULE IS OFTEN CALLED THE "CATHERINIAN ERA" AND IS LOOKED UPON AS A GOLDEN AGE FOR RUSSIA AND ITS ARISTOCRACY. . KP # 14B 500 ROUBLES 1912 (1912-1917 ISSUE) 500 ROUBLES NOTE FACE: ABOVE LEFT ARCHITECTURAL CARTOUCHE SHIELD WITH FLORAL SPRAYS WITH RUSSIAN IMPERIAL DOUBLE HEADED EAGLE ARMS CENTER, A FRAMED TABLET WITH CYRILLIC LEGEND OVER FLEUR-DE-LIS UNDERPRINT BELOW; ABOVE RIGHT ARCHITECTURAL CARTOUCHE SHIELD WITH FLORAL SPRAYS WITH A CROWNED ROYAL CYPHER OF NICHOLAS II OVER CROSSED LAUREL BRANCHES CENTER, DENOMINATION OVER DATE WITHIN ORNATE FRAME BELOW; CENTER CYRILLIC LEGEND TOP, CENTER AND BOTTOM WITH TWO SIGNATURES BELOW; LEFT PANEL WITH WATERMARK, SERIAL NUMBER AND DENOMINATION BELOW. BACK: RIGHT OF CENTER ALLEGORICAL FIGURE OF SEATED MOTHER RUSSIA WITH IMPERIAL SCEPTER IN RIGHT HAND AND SHIELD AT LEFT HAND; RIGHT OF CENTER - ORNAMENTAL NEOCLASSICAL OVAL ARCHITECTURAL FRAME FLANKED BY COLUMNS WITH CHERUB CAPITALS WITH IMPERIAL CROWN ABOVE AND GLOBUS CRUCIGER (ORB) BELOW, OVAL FRAME ENCIRCLING 3/4 SHOULDER PORTRAIT OF PETER I IN ARMOR. AMAZING LARGE WATERMARK PORTRAIT OF PETER I IN BLANK FIELD WHEN HELD UP TO LIGHT MEASURES A GIGANTIC 273.05 MM x 127 MM (10.75" x 5") PETER I, "THE GREAT" (1672-1725), RULED RUSSIA FOR OVER 42 YEARS AND WAS THE FOUNDER OF THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE. DURING HIS REIGN, HE SUCCEDED IN BRINGING A TRADITIONALIST, MEDIEVAL AND CULTURALLY STAGNANT RUSSIA ONTO A MODERN AND PROGRESSIVE, INDUSTRIALIZED EUROPEAN STAGE. IN ADDITION TO REFORM AND MODERNIZATION, THROUGH SUCCESSFUL MILITARY CAMPAIGNS HE TRANFORMED THE TSARDOM OF RUSSIA INTO A VAST EMPIRE, AND IN HIS OWN DAY, HE WAS CALLED PETER "THE GREAT, FATHER OF HIS COUNTRY AND EMPEROR OF ALL THE RUSSIAS". DURING THE IMPERIAL PERIOD, THE DATE ON THE BACK OF A NOTE DID NOT NECESSARILY REPRESENT THE DATE OF ISSUE OF THE NOTE, THE SIGNATURE OF THE STATE BANK DIRECTOR, OWING TO THE DIRECTOR'S TENURE, HELPS PLACE THE ISSUE DATE. BOTH NOTES ARE SIGNED BY: IVAN PAVLOVICH SHIPOV, GOVERNOR OF THE STATE BANK OF THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE FROM 1912-1917. THESE IMPERIAL RUSSIAN 100 & 500 RUBBLE NOTES WERE THE LARGEST IN SIZE OF ALL RUSSIAN NOTES AND ONE OF THE PHYSICALLY LARGEST IN SIZE ISSUED IN THE 20th CENTURY. USA shipping is per item. All packages fully insured.You can arrange pickup from our Fort Lauderdale storefront locationOur business hours are Monday - Friday 10:00am-5:00pm ESTFlorida Sales Tax applicable to invoice totals under $500 on any NON USA minted itemsINTERNATIONAL SHIPPING & DELIVERYPLEASE NOTE: DUE TO THE CRISIS OCCURRING INTERNATIONAL DELIVERY HAS BECOME DELAYED ONCE THE PACKAGE ARRIVES TO CUSTOMS. PLEASE BE PATIENT AS THIS IS A HARD TIME FOR EVERYONE AND PACKAGES ARE GETTING DELIVERED, JUST NOT IN THE NORMAL TIMEFRAME. WE CAN OFFER FEDEX SHIPPING HOWEVER THE COST IS MUCH HIGHER. 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