 | The Torzhok hoard consists of 409 imperial Russian coins that were hidden in an earthenware mug underneath a house floor. The gold ruble coins were found underneath a house in the city of Torzhok, about 260 miles (420 kilometers) southeast of St. Petersburg, northwestern Russia. The 409 coins were minted during the waning days of the Russian Empire.
In total, the coins in the hoard add up to 4,085 rubles, a substantial sum. The melt value of one 10-ruble coin — which is 90% gold — is over $1,300 |
A pit in the foundation contained the broken remains of a glazed earthenware mug, known as a candyushka, filled with 409 coins minted between 1848 and 1911. The hoard consisted of 387 gold 10-ruble coins, 10 coins each of 5 rubles, 10 coins each of 15 rubles and two 7.5-ruble coins. |  |
 | The Russia 10 rouble gold coin issued during the reign of Nicholas II immortalizes the end of the House of Romanov. It contains .2489 oz of pure gold. The obverse depicts Nicholas II, the last czar of Imperial Russia. Reverse is the Imperial Coat of Arms, along with the seal of His Tsarist Majesty: a shielded double eagle, with crowns that represent Russia, Kazan and Astrakhan. |
Two coins were minted during the reigns of earlier czars (Nicholas I and Alexander III), the rest come from the reign of Czar Nicholas II, the last Russian emperor before the Russian Revolution of 1917. Nicholas and the rest of the royal Romanov family were executed in 1918.
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