1862 Russia Alexander II brass Medal NGC MS63

Type Unclassified exonumia > Miscellaneous token. Currency Medals - Russia (Empire).

The opening of the monument "Millennium of Russia" in Veliky Novgorod on 9 September 1862. Rurik Great prince of Novgorod. Alexander II Emperor of the whole Russia. Monument Millennium of Russia in Veliky Novgorod.

Translation: In memory of the accomplished of 1000 years of Russia. The Millennium of Russia is a bronze monument in the Novgorod Kremlin. It was erected in 1862 to celebrate the millennium of Rurik's arrival to Novgorod, an event traditionally taken as a starting point of the history of Russian statehood.

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