therefore, shpanberg did not go ashore, but turned his ship archangel michael to the north.d to go past all the lands and return to the city of bolsheretsk. on the western coast of kamchatka. to prove that he had visited japan, shpanberg brought two gold coins of japanese mintage, received for russian cloth, and sent a report on the voyage to st. petersburg. but sailors from another ship of the expedition, st. gabriel, under the command of a russian citizen, lieutenant william walton, were able to land on the japanese shore and even examined the village of amatsumura. in january in 2005, in the town where there used to be a village, a memorial stone was erected with the inscription “this is the first russian landing on the shores of japan in the history.” on june 19, 1899, nicholas ii approved a coin charter in russia. this completed the monetary reform, invented and implemented by finance minister sergei witte the result was the appearance of the first gold convertible ruble in the history of russia. each gold ruble coin now contained a clearly defined share of pure gold -

to prove that he had visited japan, shpanberg brought two gold coins of japanese mintage, received fore to st. petersburg. but the sailors are from another ship expeditions, saint gabriel. under the command of a russian citizen, lieutenant william walton, they were able to land on the japanese coast and even examined the village of amatsumura. in january 2005, in the town where there used to be a village, a memorial stone was erected with the inscription “the site of the first russian landing in history on the shores of japan.” on june 19 , 1899, nicholas ii approved the coin regulations in russia. this completed the monetary reform conceived and implemented by the secretary of the treasury. the result was the emergence of the first gold medal in russian history. convertible ruble. each gold ruble coin now contained a clearly defined proportion of pure gold. in gold chervonets it is 10 rubles. gold was as much as 7.74 g. coins made of silver and copper became an auxiliary means of payment. their admission was limited. silver was ordered to accept no more than 25 rubles in each payment,