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Medal in memory of the death of Emperor Alexander I, November 19, 1825 . St. Petersburg Mint. Unknown medalist (AA Klepikov ?) , A copy of the stamp Earl F. Tolstoy. Diameter of 68.6 mm. Maintaining excellent . Quite rare. Filled FP Tolstoy stamp front side of the coin to the death of Alexander I suffered an injury during the minting and was copied AA Klepikov . Gold and silver medals were awarded high personages who were present at the funeral ceremony , the copper specimens were soldiers standing on guard at the tomb of the Emperor. ( E. Shchukin. See Alexander I « Sphinx secret to the grave ...". Exhibition catalog . SPb. , 2005. S. 311). The inscription on the reverse side of the coin , "Our Angel in Heaven » - «Notre ange est ciel» - the opening lines of the letter of the Empress Elizabeth Alexeevna written by the mother of Emperor Alexander I, Empress Maria Feodorovna in the day of his death, November 19, 1825