Five-ruble coin, 1907 Reverse side

In August 1907, at the beginning of the construction of a church of the
Imperial Guard’s Horse Regiment in the Big Krasnoselsky Camp near St
Petersburg, 100 gold five-ruble coins were placed inside the church’s
foundation as a token of appreciation for the regiment’s participation
in the Battle of Friedland, a battle between Napoleon I’s and Russian
armies, which took place a century earlier. The ceremony was attended
by Emperor Nicholas II, Empress Alexandra Fyodorovna, and Grand
Duchess Olga Nikolaevna, to whose birthday the church was dedicated.
In 1907, Russia did not mint gold five-ruble coins for circulation. The
remaining nine five-ruble coins—the ones that were not placed in the
foundation—were presented to participants in the ceremony.

Double-headed eagle with outspread wings, under three crowns;
ribbon of the Order of St Andrew, aflutter, flowing down from the
uppermost crown; eagle’s chest features shield with Moscow’s coat of
arms encircled with chain of the Order of St Andrew. On eagle’s wings,
shields with coat of arms of Tsardom of Kazan, Kingdom of Poland,
Tsardom of The Tauric Chersonese, Tsardom of Astrakhan, Tsardom of
Siberia, Tsardom of Georgia, and the Duchy of Finland, and the combined
coat of arms of the Grand Duchies of Kiev, Vladimir, and Novgorod.
Circular legend: 5 РУБЛЕЙ 1907 Г. (5 RUBLES, 1907). Pointed rim.