Czar Peter the Great was one of the legendary figures in Russian history. Named czar in 1682, he ruled over the huge Russian empire and founded the fabulous city of St. Petersburg. During the last days of Russia’s czarist empire in 1912, Russia honored Peter the Great on one of the world’s most magnificent bank notes. An intricate and colorful work of art, it is a giant 11" x 5"…and at 500 Rubles it is the czarist empire’s highest denomination currency. Almost all money featuring the czars was destroyed in the Russian revolution in 1917, but a few of these classic Peter the Great bank notes miraculously escaped. Uncirculated condition.