Russia Alexander III 25 Roubles 1909 P12b Crisp GVF-EF

When you think of a Russian Tsar, who comes to mind? Maybe the towering Peter the Great, or the tragic Nicholas II? But standing solidly between them is a man who was literally and figuratively a giant: Alexander III. Imagine a man who could bend silver forks into knots with his bare hands and crush a silver ruble coin between his fingers. That was Alexander III. He was a bearded colossus who looked more like a mythical folk hero than a refined European monarch. He didn't want to be a diplomat; he wanted to be the anchor that stopped Russia from drifting into chaos. next...