1896 Coronation Rouble

Specifications

Denomination: 1 rouble
Series: Nicholas II coronation commemorative
Years of issue: 1896
Composition: 90% Silver, 10% Copper
Weight: 19.996 g
Diameter: 34 mm
KM: Y-60
Mintage: 191000
Key mintages: 191,000 (Heritage). Disregard the stray 12,540,000 figure in Heritage metadata — it belongs to the regular 1896 rouble.

Melt value: $37.29silver $64.40/ozt, copper $0.44/ozt · prices as of Sep 16, 2026

AI-generated illustration — not a photograph of a genuine coin.

Nicholas II coronation commemorative rouble · St. Petersburg · 191,000 struck for the May 1896 coronation.

History

Struck at St. Petersburg to commemorate the coronation of Nicholas II in May 1896 (Heritage Auctions, accessed 2026-09-16).
Cataloged as KM Y-60 and Bitkin 322 (Heritage Auctions, accessed 2026-09-16).
The obverse shows Nicholas II facing left; the reverse shows a crowned sword, orb, and scepter within a wreath (Heritage Auctions, accessed 2026-09-16).

1896 (KM Y-60, Bitkin 322): the only year of the coronation rouble — mintage 191,000 (Heritage Auctions, accessed 2026-09-16).

An isolated Heritage metadata figure of 12,540,000 appears to be copied from the regular 1896 rouble issue and is disregarded; the coronation rouble mintage is 191,000 (Heritage Auctions, accessed 2026-09-16).
Edge inscription not verified from approved sources — left blank rather than guessed.
COUNTERFEIT DIAGNOSTIC: no counterfeit die markers from an approved authority (PCGS, NGC, Heritage, Stack’s Bowers, Spink, or Krause) were located during research; professional certification is recommended for high-grade examples.