A beautiful glossy example of a well-liked issue.
Obverse: in the rope border the eagle of the Russian Empire of the 1832 pattern, on the sides of its tail the initials of the mincemaster, in the outer border the legend:
ЧИСТAГО СЕРЕБРА 1 ЗОЛОТНИК 5 1/4 ДОЛЕЙ;
Reverse: in a laurel and oak wreath crowned inscription:
*25*/КОПѢЕКЪ/1877/С.П.Б;