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1748, Russia, Empress Elizabeth. Nice Copper Denga (1/2 Kopek) Coin. VF

Condition: VF Mint Year: 1748   Reference: KM-188. Denomination: Denga (1/2 Kopek) Mint place: Ekaterinburg / Moscow Material: Copper Diameter: 24mm Weight: 6.77m

Obverse: Denomination in words ("ДЕ/НГА" = "Denga") above date (1748) within oval baroque frame. Reverse: Crown above crowned double-headed and crowned Russian eagle holding imperial scepter and orb.

Elizaveta Petrovna (Russian: Елизаве́та (Елисаве́т) Петро́вна) (December 29, 1709 – January 5, 1762 (New Style); December 18, 1709 – December 25, 1761 (Old Style)), also known as Yelisavet and Elizabeth,   was an Empress of Russia (1741–1762) who took the country into the War   of Austrian Succession (1740–1748) and the Seven Years' War (1756 –   1763). On the eve of her death in 1762, the Russian empire spanned   almost 4 billion acres.

Her domestic policies allowed the nobles to gain   dominance in local government while shortening their terms of service to   the state. She encouraged Lomonosov's establishment of the University   of Moscow and Shuvalov's foundation of the Academy of Fine Arts in Saint   Petersburg. She also spent exorbitant sums of money on the grandiose   baroque projects of her favourite architect, Bartolomeo Rastrelli,   particularly in Peterhof and Tsarskoye Selo. The Winter Palace and the   Smolny Cathedral remain the chief monuments of her reign in Saint   Petersburg. Generally, she was one of the best loved Russian monarchs,   because she did not allow Germans in the government and not one person   was executed during her reign.