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General- Field-Marshal G.A. Potiomkin-Tavrichesky

Prince (Reichsfürst) Grigori Alexandrovich Potyomkin-Tavricheski (Russian: Григо́рий Алекса́ндрович Потёмкин, pronounced Patyómkin) (September 24 [O.S. September 13] 1739) – October 16 [O.S. October 5] 1791) was a Russian general-field marshal, statesman, and favourite of Catherine II the Great. He is primarily remembered for his efforts to colonize the sparsely populated wild steppes of Southern Ukraine, which passed to Russia under the Treaty of Kuchuk-Kainarji (1774). Among the towns founded by Potyomkin are Kherson, Nikolaev (Mykolayiv), Sevastopol, and Yekaterinoslav (now Dnipropetrovsk). He is also widely associated with the "Potemkin village", a method of ruse that may or may not be grounded in historical events. Son of Alexander Potyomkin and Daria Skuratowa.

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Obverse: 
an image of the State Emblem of  Pridnestrovskaia Moldavskaia Respublika is in the centre with the circular inscriptions in Cyrillic "ПРИДНЕСТРОВСКИЙ РЕСПУБЛИКАНСКИЙ БАНК" (Pridnestrovskii Respublikanskii Bank) around the image along the edging and the indication of the face value of the coin "100 РУБЛЕЙ" (100 RUBLES) at the bottom. The issue year “2007 “ is under the image.
Reverse: 
an image of the close-up portrait of General- Field-Marshal G.A. Potiomkin-Tavrichesky against a background of half-unrolled scroll with an inscription  "ВОЗВРАТ РУССКИХ ЗЕМЕЛЬ МЕЖДУ ЮЖНЫМ БУГОМ И ДНЕСТРОМ" (Return of the Russian lands between the South Bug and the Dniester) in Russian and the Russian Empire Emblem. A circling inscription  "генерал-фельдмаршал ПОТЁМКИН-ТАВРИЧЕСКИЙ Г.А." (General-Field-Marshal G.A. Potiomkin-Tavrichesky) in Russian is at the top along the edging. An inscription “1739 - 1791” indicating G.A. Potiomkin-Tavrichesky’ life time is to the left of the image of the scroll. . A circling inscription  "РОССИЯ В ИСТОРИИ ПРИДНЕСТРОВЬЯ" (Russia in the history of Trans-Dniester region) in Russian on the stylized ribbon is at the bottom along the edging.
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Catalog ID: 
PMR117CM1
Krause ID: 
KM# 120
Value: 
€65
Mintage: 
300
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Purity: 
0.925
Weight: 
14.14g
Diameter: 
32mm
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