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|  The Empress Elizabeth I was adept at choosing
capable and intelligent ministers, who initiated important
economic reforms and founded Moscow University in 1755.
Her armies crushed the supposed superior forces of Frederick
the Great in the Seven Years War (1756-1763). Many of the
measures enacted in the early years of the reign of Catherine
the Great were prepared under Elizabeth.
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Silver
ruble from 1759, crown commemorative of the victory of
Elizabeth over Frederick
the Great of Prussia, at the Battle of Kunersdorf, during
the
Seven Years War.
Collection of Coins and Medals
Yale University Art Gallery
Gift of Rev. William H. Owen
2001.87.299
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1749 one-half silver ruble,
obverse side, with the Romanov double-eagle.
Collection of Coins and Medals
Yale University Art Gallery
Gift of Rev. William H. Owen
2001.87.298 |
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| Two
silver pieces of Elizabeth, issued in 1761 for use in her
territories in East Prussia acquired by conquest during
the Seven Years War. |
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Collection of Coins and Medals
Yale University Art Gallery
Gift of Rev. William H. Owen
2001.87.300
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Collection of Coins and Medals
Yale University Art Gallery
Gift of Rev. William H. Owen
2001.87.301
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Mortuary
piece of 1761, on the occasion of the death of Empress
Elizabeth, 25 December 1761 (Old Style Calendar).
Collection of Coins and Medals
Yale University Art Gallery
Gift of Rev. William H. Owen
2001.87.340 |
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