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“For the Public Benefit…”
To commemorate the 300 anniversary of the monetary reform of Peter I
The exhibition intended to outline the history of the establishment and
development of the monetary system in the 18th-19th centuries features
articles of numismatic art of Russia and other Eastern and West-European
countries connected with the 300 anniversary of the monetary reform of
Peter I.
On display there are around 900 items: coins and medals from Russia,
Eastern and West-European countries. Of special interest are trial coins
and medals of Peter’s time and rare coins of the 19th century represented
at the exhibition in a great number.
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Director of the Hermitage and the representative of
the Numismatic department at the opening ceremony of the exhibition

First visitors
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