RUSSIA. Ruble, 1705-MA (in Old Cyrillic). Kadashevsky (Moscow) Mint. Peter I (the Great). PCGS Genuine--Graffiti, EF Details. Dav-1642; KM-122.1; Bitkin-178; Dia-1. Pleasingly detailed with a base of gray tone and some accompanying iridescence. The aforementioned graffiti, while not visually prominent, appears both behind Peters bust and in front of it; largely illegible, one notation in the right obverse field appears to read 1799. <p><em>A popular type, this issue was struck two years after the founding of St. Petersburg, at a time when Peter I was cementing his reputation as "the Great".</em>
