Ducat - Peter II
Basic Information
Category
Coin
Demonetization
Yes
Physical Characteristics
Composition
Gold
Shape
Round
Technical Details
Comments
Peter II had a thoroughly miserable life, losing his mother shortly after his birth, and his imprisoned father when he was only three. He was kept in seclusion until the death of his uncle, Peter the Great, in 1725.. Although he was crowned Emperor following the death of Catherine I's death in 1727, his reign was brief , as he died of smallpox in 1730.
