Catherine II (1762-1796), 10-Roubles, 1780, St

Catherine II (1762-1796), 10-Roubles, 1780, St. Petersburg, crowned, draped and cuirassed bust right, rev. crowned oval shields cruciform, double-headed eagle set in centre, edge obliquely grained, 12h (Sev. 325; Uzd. 0145; Bitkin 38; Diakov 401; M.404; Harris 48), some superficial scratches before portrait and other traces of smoothing in fields, otherwise residually lustrous, a bold fine to almost very fine, a rare and popular type